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[Campaign update] Kostolac B3 lignite plant loan agreement bypasses public debate and contains unacceptable conditions
Blog entry | January 16, 2015

The Serbian parliament will on Monday vote on the ratification of a USD 608 million loan agreement from the China ExIm Bank for the construction of the 350 MW Kostolac B3 lignite power plant by Chinese company CMEC.

Serbia's latest addition to its huge debt burden is being presented as a great success, but a new lignite plant is more likely to end up as a weight around our necks as we move towards the EU and apply EU climate policies.

Chinese investors
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
Balkans, CMEC, coal, energy, EU neighbourhood, Kostolac, loan, public debt
Poland's uncertain coal friends in the Balkans
Bankwatch in the media | January 13, 2015

It is not easy to find anywhere in Europe as much determination as in Poland for building new coal. The only place to find a similar coal enthusiasm is at the door step of Europe, in the Balkans, looking set to be fuelled by Chinese money. But even there the future of coal is shaky.

Chinese investors
Energy & climate
Balkans, Chinese investors, coal, EU neighbourhood, Kostolac
[Campaign update] Ekotim files lawsuit on poor quality environmental permit for Banovici thermal power plant
Blog entry | December 24, 2014

Bosnia and Herzegovina NGO Ekotim has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Ministry of Environment and Tourism in relation to an addendum to the environmental permit for the planned 300 MW Banovici lignite power plant near Tuzla.

Chinese investors
Energy & climate
Balkans, Balkans, BiH, coal, EU neighbourhood, Tuzla
All we want for Christmas is to be able to breathe ...
Blog entry | December 23, 2014

As you're gearing up for the festive season, spare a thought for the long-suffering folks in Pljevlja, Montenegro, and Zenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina, who are fighting against serious pollution of air soil, and water.

EBRD
Energy & climate
ArcelorMittal, Balkans, coal, EU neighbourhood, Pjevlja, pollution, protest, Zenica
Balkan coal projects face mounting challenges as China and CEE leaders meet in Belgrade
Press release | December 16, 2014

Belgrade/Banja Luka/Sarajevo, 16 December 2014: As the third annual summit of Chinese and Central and Eastern European leaders gets underway today in Belgrade, problems are mounting for the lignite projects planned in the Balkan region. Today alone, an official complaint has been submitted to the Energy Community Secretariat on the planned 600 MW Ugljevik III lignite power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a new analysis has been published showing that the planned 450 MW Tuzla 7 lignite plant – also in Bosnia and Herzegovina – is likely to be economically unviable.

Chinese investors
Energy & climate
Balkans, Banja Luka, Chinese investors, coal, EU neighbourhood, Tuzla, Ugljevik

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