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Why the EBRD must end support for primary forest biomass in the Western Balkans

May 7, 2025

This issue paper presents case studies from Bosnia and Herzegovina that highlight how EBRD-backed large-scale biomass projects have faced significant challenges related to sustainability, affordability, and fuel supply.


Unmasking the biomass dilemma in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

January 17, 2025

As EU law regulating bioenergy is not yet sufficient to avoid climate and nature damage, this report outlines why forest biomass needs to be treated with caution in the Western Balkans.


Environmental NGOs demand halt to KfW controversial biomass investments in Serbia

July 29, 2024

41 environmental organisations from the Western Balkans, Germany, and across Europe have called on German state-owned development bank KfW to stop financing wood biomass energy in Serbia in order to avoid forest degradation risks and locking Serbia into further dependency on high-carbon energy sources.[1]


The EBRD must stay away from the unsustainable conversion of Tuzla’s coal plant and prioritise renewables in the district heating sector

November 9, 2022

This briefing offers an overview of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) ongoing assessment of whether to grant a EUR 50 million loan in order to replace unit 3 of the Tuzla coal plant with a waste and biomass incineration syst


Red flags over plans to swap coal for biomass and waste incineration in Tuzla

September 8, 2022

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s energy utility Elektroprivreda BiH are signing today an agreement formalizing the Bank’s commitment to consider financial support for a particularly questionable energy project in Tuzla. But the public is barely aware of what this risky investment could bring to local communities.


Kovačević: Zamjena uglja šumskom biomasom za grijanje je opasna zelena iluzija

July 22, 2022

Kako je energetska tranzicija uveliko u toku, a kraj ere uglja jasno na vidiku, grijanje na biomasu postepeno postaje favorit za vlade na …


Bankwatch Network: Енергията от отпадъци наравно с енергия от възобновяеми източници крие рискове в Директивата за енергийна ефективност

June 22, 2022

Енергията от отпадъци да е взаимозаменяема с енергията от възобновяеми източници крие рискове в Директивата за енергийна ефективност. Това …


Estonia is beginning to see the cost of wood pellets. Is North Carolina next?

December 2, 2019

Turning ancient forests into wood pellets is putting the country’s tourism and climate commitments at risk. Estonia is beginning to see the cost of wood pellets. Is North Carolina next?


A false solution to a real problem?

June 14, 2019

New research by Bankwatch shows energy and climate plans (NECPs) in 7 CEE countries over-rely on unsustainable biomass to reach their renewable energy objectives.


Analysis of biomass in NECPs

June 14, 2019

This publication analyses the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) in Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland and Slovakia and these countries’ measures to support forms of wood biomass.  The majority of these countries plan logging an


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