The Romanian government is in talks on postponing the coal power plant closures envisaged under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), according to Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan. The current deadline for decommissioning these plants is the end of 2025, but Romania is hoping to push it back to 2030. Ivan noted that Romania’s gas […]
Romanian state-controlled coal power utility Complexul Energetic Oltenia (CE Oltenia) is preparing to establish a subsidiary to take over its lignite-fired thermal power plants slated for closure and the coal mining operations that supply them. CE Oltenia’s “lignite subsidiary” is envisaged under a restructuring and decarbonization plan approved by the European Commission, according to Profit.ro. […]
Coal deliveries to thermal power plants in the first half of the year reached 73% of the plan, while only 43% of the overburden excavation target was achieved, warned Sanel Buljubašić, CEO of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine (EPBiH). Increasing coal production is the only way to stabilize the energy […]
Renewable energy sources continued to rank first in Greece’s electricity mix despite significant curtailments in the first half of 2025, which more than doubled against the same period a year earlier. At the same time, gas-fired power generation hit a 10-year high, while coal’s share in covering domestic demand fell to the lowest level in […]
State power utility Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine (EPBiH) failed to stabilize its operations and turn a profit in the first half of 2025, posting a loss of BAM 45.47 million (EUR 23.25 million) instead. The poor performance was largely due to reduced electricity production and increased imports caused by a coal shortage. EPBiH’s target for […]
Serbia now has a Just Energy Transition Plan until 2030. The document contains suggested measures for the mitigation of the impact of reducing fossil fuel use, primarily coal, so that workers, firms and communities aren’t left behind. Following last month’s completion of the public consultation process regarding the proposed Just Transition Action Plan, the Government […]
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s electricity imports were nearly 4.5 times higher in the first half of the year than in the same period of 2024. The step rise in power imports is another evidence of the difficult situation in the country’s utilities – Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH), Elektroprivreda HZHB (EPHZHB), and Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS). The main […]
The Government of Montenegro adopted urban planning and technical conditions for a solar power plant of 81.1 MW in peak capacity in Pljevlja. The site for the facility is part of a coal mining complex. Greece is the most successful by far in the Balkans in transforming coal land into clean energy and advanced technology […]
Serbia plans to invest EUR 88.8 million by 2030, through its just transition action plan, in activities aimed at mitigating the impacts of the planned reduction in coal-based energy production, and ensuring a just transition. The Ministry of Mining and Energy has published a draft just transition action plan and launched a public debate. Within […]
Romania’s plans for new combined cycle gas turbines with a total capacity of 2.15 GW isn’t economically viable and, if constructed, the facilities should be decommissioned by 2035, according to ENTSO-E’s annual assessment of Europe’s security of electricity supply for the ten years ahead. ENTSO-E’s European Resource Adequacy Assessment 2024 (ERAA 2024) provides an integrated […]