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Off on the wrong foot in Kosovo? A lignite power plant and the EBRD
Blog entry | January 25, 2013

Notwithstanding the dominance of lignite in Kosovo's energy mix, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development may get involved with yet another lignite project in the Western Balkans.

EBRD
Energy & climate
air pollution, Balkans, coal, energy, energypolicy, EU neighbourhood, Kosovo, lignite
The newest EBRD member, Kosovo, does not need new coal
Press release | December 22, 2012

Pristina - As Kosovo becomes the newest member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development today, civil society groups in the country tell the bank that it should exclude from the start any investments in coal and that it could have an enormous positive impact by supporting energy efficiency measures.

EBRD
Energy & climate
Balkans, coal, EU neighbourhood, fossil fuels
No excuses for the EIB to finance Sostanj
Press release | December 21, 2012

Ljubljana -- The Slovenian parliament has ratified today – in an extraordinary session, right before the start of the Christmas holidays – the state guarantee contract between the European Investment Bank and the Slovenian government for a 440 million euros loan for the construction of a new coal unit at Sostanj.

EIB
Energy & climate
Balkans, coal, EU, fossil fuels
Financial alchemy in Slovenia's energy sector still results in lignite, not gold
Blog entry | December 11, 2012

Even with the latest investment plan for unit 6 at the Sostanj lignite power plant (TES 6), the project's economics are (surprise, surprise) still distinctly shaky as an independent analysis shows. Nonetheless, the project looks ever more likely to get a state guarantee from the Slovene government.

EBRD
EIB
Energy & climate
Balkans, coal, EBRD, EIB, EU, fossil fuels, lignite, TES6
Dirty coal gets closer to receiving almost half a billion euros from EU taxpayers
Press release | December 3, 2012

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is gearing up to pay 440 million euros to a new 600 MW lignite plant in Slovenia at a time when calls for an end to subsidies for fossil fuels are intensifying all over the world.

EBRD
EIB
Energy & climate
Balkans, coal, corruption, EU, fossil fuels, OLAF

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