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European Parliament criticises Serbia's lack of progress on renewables
Blog entry | February 4, 2014

Facing criticism by the European Parliament of its progress on climate friendly energy sources, the Serbian government tells Bankwatch's member group that the future of the country's energy system is none of their business.

Energy & climate
Balkans, CEKOR, climate action, coal, energy, EU membership, EU neighbourhood, European Parliament, lignite, participation, renewables, Serbia
Guest post: A Balkan lesson for coal investors
Blog entry | January 28, 2014

When Dr. Kim, President of the World Bank, and leaders of other international financial institutions ponder funding new coal power projects this year - like the one in Kosovo - there's one word that should be seared into their memories: Sostanj.

EBRD
EIB
World Bank Group
Energy & climate
Balkans, coal, corruption, costs, economics, EU neighbourhood, Kosovo, Sostanj, stranded assets, TES6
UPDATED: Slovenia continues to fall into the economic abyss of the lignite plant at Sostanj
Press release | January 24, 2014

Ljubljana – The scandal-marred lignite plant TES 6 at Sostanj in Slovenia will likely cost 1.44 billion euros (2 billion US), more than double than what was initially predicted, and is due to produce annual losses of 50 million euros, show calculations recently revealed by Slovenian media. These cost escalations, predicted by NGOs critical of the project, should constitute a word of caution for other countries in South-Eastern Europe that are considering building new coal capacities.

EBRD
EIB
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
Balkans, coal, EU, TES6
[Campaign update*] New legal complaint on Plomin C
Blog entry | January 17, 2014

Zelena akcija/Friends of the Earth Croatia has submitted a complaint to the Croatian Constitutional Court as part of its ongoing campaign to prevent the construction of the Plomin C power plant, which would be run on imported coal.

Energy & climate
Balkans, coal, complaint, EU, Plomin, Zelena Akcija
Sounding out the EBRD's energy strategy: little ambition besides scrapping coal
Blog entry | December 13, 2013

At a closer look the EBRD's new energy strategy, complimented for the restrictions it places on coal lending, reveals a shocking lack of operational knowledge to implement the ambitions outlined in its executive summary.

EBRD
Energy & climate
#coalfreeEBRD, Balkans, Baltics, Caucasus, CEE, Central Asia, coal, energy, energypolicy, EU neighbourhood, Southern Mediterranean

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