Kosova e Re

Guest post: New report shows that New Kosovo Power Plant would worsen poverty and cripple a fragile economy

No-one will 'freeze to death' if the planned lignite-fired power plant in Kosovo does not receive support from multilateral development banks, but if it does, low-income households may well end up choosing between electricity and food. How can an institution, whose very mission is to end poverty, justify this project?

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Institution: World Bank Group

Theme: Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts

Kosovo aims to secure largest ever investment amid political crisis

November 26, 2015

Source: Clare Nuttall, BNE Intellinews

Pristina is moving towards a deal with US-based ContourGlobal on the planned Kosova e Re power plant, which at a cost of €1bn will be the largest investment in the country’s history.

The government says the project will solve Kosovo’s chronic electricity shortages by replacing the aging Kosova A thermal power plant - considered Europe’s worst polluter - with a modern 500MW plant. However, the strong opposition to the plans to build a new coal-fired power plant close to the capital could add to the ongoing unrest within Kosovo.

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: BalkanCoal, coal, Kosova e Re, Kosovo, Balkans

Where's Plan B for Kosovo's energy sector?

Bankwatch Mail | March 20, 2014

Ideas about the construction of a new lignite power plant in Kosovo have existed since the end of the 1980s, and even the current Kosova e Re proposal – scaled down to 600 MW from the original 2100 MW – has been around since 2009. It is being touted by the Kosovo government, the World Bank, USAID and the European Commission among others as the only realistic option to replace the ageing and heavily polluting Kosovo A power plant.

Institution: EBRD, World Bank Group

Theme: Energy & climate