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Electricity Generation of Serbian TENT A TPP 17.5% Less Than Planned in 2018
Date: 22.02.2019 Author: Peter Palčec
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Electricity generation at the Serbian Nikola Tesla A (TENT A) thermal power plant (TPP) in Obrenovac last year amounted to 17.5% less than planned, which is why imports of electricity to Serbia were
Romania Considering Merging Hidroelectrica and Oltenia Energy Complex
Date: 21.02.2019 Author: Peter Palčec
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The Romanian Ministry of Energy plans to reorganise the country’s electricity generation by establishing a new company that will combine electricity coal generation capacities (thermal power plants)
Buschle: Dodging Energy Transition in Energy Community Comes at a Price
Date: 20.02.2019 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik
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The countries in the Energy Community has so far managed to cope with the energy transition challenge by dodging this issue. They have not even completed the first energy transition - market
Report: 16 Outdated Coal Plants in WB Cause EUR 11.5bn of Damage per Year
Date: 20.02.2019 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik
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In 2016 the Western Balkans’ coal fleet (16 plants totalling 8 GW) emitted more sulphur dioxide pollution than the entire fleet of European coal power plants (250 equal to 156 GW), according to a
BP: Renewables to Be World’s Largest Source of Electricity by 2040
Date: 19.02.2019 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik
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Renewable energy will be the world’s main source of electricity by 2040. The EU will continue to lead the way in terms of the penetration of renewables, with the share of renewables in the EU power
Construction of a Gas Desulphurisation Plant Commences at Serbia’s TENT-A TPP
Date: 15.02.2019 Author: Peter Palčec
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The construction of a flue gas desulphurisation plant at the Nikola Tesla A (TENT A) thermal power plant (TPP) in Obrenovac began on Wednesday, a project worth EUR 167 million, states a press release
Kosovo and Macedonia Sign MoU in the Field of Energy
Date: 13.02.2019 Author: Peter Palčec
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Kosovo’s Minister of Economic Development (MED), Valdrin Lluka, held a meeting with Macedonia’s Minister of Economy, Kreshnik Bekteshi, during which they signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)
Kosovo Asks EBRD to Provide Financial Assistance for the Trepča Mine
Date: 11.02.2019 Author: Peter Palčec
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Kosovo’s Minister of Economic Development, Lluka Valdrin, held a meeting with representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) last week in which he discussed the
Bankwatch: EIB Downplays Climate Risk in Granting Record for Fossil Fuel Project
Date: 11.02.2019 Author: Peter Palčec
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In a complaint lodged on Thursday with the European Investment Bank (EIB), civil society groups protest that the bank systematically underestimated the climate footprint of a fossil fuel mega project,
OIES: Investors Demand Much Higher Hurdle Rates for Coal Projects
Date: 06.02.2019 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik
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The uncertainties associated with the energy transition have already started to alter the risk preferences of investors in fossil fuel projects, who are demanding much higher hurdle rates in order to
Romania to Resume Talks Over 600 MW Coal-Fired Power Unit
Date: 06.02.2019 Author: Peter Palčec
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Representatives of Romania’s Ministry of Energy and the state-owned coal and power producer Oltenia Energy Complex (OEC) have resumed talks with China’s Huandian Engineering over the project to
EU Coal Power Generation Down 6% in 2018; Coal Could Fall Below Gas in 2019
Date: 05.02.2019 Author: Tanja SrnovršnikPhoto: Alenka Žumbar
The share of electricity from renewable sources in the EU grew again in 2018 reaching 32.3%, an increase of more than two percentage points compared to 2017. New wind, solar and biomass plants
