Kosova e Re lignite power plant, Kosovo
CANCELLED: For more than a decade, successive Kosovo governments planned to build a new 500 MW lignite plant (around 450 MW net), Kosova e Re or New Kosovo. The controversial project was finally cancelled in 2020 after concession-holder ContourGlobal pulled out.
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Legal challenge mounted against Kosovo coal project’s “absurd” contract
Press release | 13 May, 2019Prishtina – Kosovar and international non-governmental organisations [1] have today submitted an official complaint to the Energy Community dispute settlement mechanism challenging the legality of the power purchase agreement for the planned Kosova e Re coal power project, which is currently awaiting ratification by the Kosovo parliament. [2]
Read moreKOSID sues the government challenging Kosovo’s coal investment
Bankwatch in the media | 21 March, 2019Kosovo watchdog NGOs sued the government in March for greenlighting the new coal plant, Kosova e Re, without the legally required environmental consultations. KOSID sues the government challenging Kosovo’s coal investment
Read moreEBRD draft strategy rules out support for Kosovo coal-fired power plant
Bankwatch in the media | 14 November, 2018The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has issued a draft energy sector strategy that it will not finance coal projects, it said on Wednesday, following a statement by an environmental group that the international lender is not con
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