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Enel drops coal power plant project in Romania
Bankwatch Mail | November 11, 2013

After a five year planning and permitting process, and citing economic reasons, Italian energy giant Enel announced last month that it will not now be moving forward with a coal-fired power plant project in Romania. The company had been working on the project – a proposed 800 MW facility to have been sited in Galati, at an estimated cost of EUR 1 billion – since before the outbreak of the economic crisis, since when progress has been slow.

EU-backed western Balkans priority energy projects conflict with EU goals
Bankwatch Mail | November 11, 2013

A list of 35 regional priority energy projects selected on 24 October in Belgrade by the Energy Community's Ministerial Council has been greeted with dismay by civil society groups from across the western Balkans.

Western Balkans and Ukraine: EC-backed Energy Community to prioritise coal plants that threaten EU long-term climate targets
Briefing | October 22, 2013

The Western Balkans countries are aspiring to become members of the European Union. On 24 October the Ministerial Council of the EC-backed Energy Community will approve a list of priority energy infrastructure projects resulting from the Regional Energy Strategy known as Projects of Energy Community Interest (PECIs) for the Western Balkans, Moldova and Ukraine. These projects would be prioritised for fast-track approval and public financing.

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Letter to Marubeni regarding potential investment in Plomin coal power plant, Croatia
Advocacy letter | September 19, 2013

This letter was sent in both English and Japanese

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Letter to EDF regarding potential investment in Plomin coal power plant, Croatia (French)
Advocacy letter | September 19, 2013
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Letter to Edison regarding potential investment in Plomin coal power plant, Croatia
Advocacy letter | September 19, 2013

The letter was sent in both English (pdf) and Italian (pdf).

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Letter to KOSEP regarding potential investment in Plomin coal power plant, Croatia
Advocacy letter | September 19, 2013

The letter was sent in both English (pdf) and Korean (pdf).

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Invest in haste, repent at leisure - Are IFIs behaving as if EU accession criteria and extreme energy losses do not exist in South East Europe?
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Study | June 25, 2013

South-eastern Europe is riddled with poor planning and corruption in the energy sector and its governments are proving slow to react to the challenges and opportunities offered by the decarbonisation agenda.

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The climate crisis and the role of Europe's public banks
Briefing | April 22, 2013

With each passing day, there is less chance that we will manage to keep the planet within the "safe" limit of two degrees Celsius global warming that would avoid disastrous climate change. The European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development can play a pivotal role in leveraging more private investment for sustainable energy. Both institutions are now reviewing their energy lending policies.

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Open letter to EIB & EBRD: Sostanj must never happen again
Advocacy letter | March 20, 2013

After the EIB and the EBRD disbursed a promised 650 million euros for Slovenian lignite plant TES 6 on March 8, Focus Slovenia, CEE Bankwatch Network and 96 other NGOs sent this letter to the two banks calling on them to never commit to such a misguided loan again. The letter includes a list of reasons why Sostanj was undeserving of public loans and a set of measures that need to be taken by the banks immediately in order to avoid such mistakes from being repeated in the future.

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