Pljevlja

The Balkans may become the achilles heel of EU-China climate leadership

The European Union’s and China’s joint commitment to climate action is tarnished by Chinese support for and the EU’s neglect of coal projects in the Balkans, as a new briefing shows. But it is still not too late to change course.

Tags: China China ExIm Bank coal Kostolac Pljevlja Stanari Tuzla Balkans EU neighbourhood

Institution: Chinese investors, Export credit agencies

Theme: Energy & climate

Under heavy skies: dire results from first independent pollution monitoring in Montenegro

It was ten in the evening on 17 December when my colleague and I arrived in Pljevlja, Montenegro. Although we could feel the smell of burnt coal already while driving there, the minute we set foot out of the car, the air was stifling. “This place reminds me of childhood, it smells like in your grandparents’ house when the chimney was stuffed and all the smoke came inside. Only this is outside", he said, with a scarf pulled over his nose.

Tags: Balkans coal Montenegro Pljevlja Balkans

Theme: Energy & climate, Balkans

[Campaign update] Montenegro's Pljevlja coal plant is running out of time to secure financing

The Czech daily Hospodarske Noviny (English: "Economic Newspaper") is reporting today that the Czech Export Bank (CEB) and export insurance agency EGAP may not be be able to finance the Pljevlja II lignite power plant in Montenegro due to new OECD rules entering force on 1 January 2017.

Tags: climate action coal export credit agencies financing OECD Pljevlja pollution Balkans CEE

Montenegrin power plant feasible only with creative accounting

Just as everyone else was going on holiday, on Friday night the Montenegrin parliament approved two decisions laying the ground for the controversial Pljevlja II lignite power plant. But a look at the project documentation released by the government shows that the project’s economics only add up with some giant leaps of faith.

Tags: coal economic feasibility Pljevlja Skoda Balkans

Theme: Energy & climate

Drugi blok nije isplativ

July 26, 2016

Source: D.M., Dan Online

Ako će cijena izgradnje biti 321 milion eura, ako će Crna Gora odložiti plaćanje ugljen-dioksida do 2026. godine, ako će cijena struje značajno rasti, ako će cijene CO2 rasti sporije nego očekivano, ako će se troškovi proizvodnje uglja smanjiti na 17,5 eura po toni u sledećih 10 godina i ako se ne plaća PDV na opremu i izgradnju, onda će Pljevlja 2 možda biti isplativ, kazala ja predstavnica CEE Bankwatch Network Pipa Galop

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: BalkanCoal, economics, lignite, Pljevlja, Balkans

Pljevlja II isplativ samo uz kreativno računovodstvo

July 25, 2016

Source: Vijesti Online, Vijesti Online

Da bi Pljevlja II imala šansu da bude isplativa, NVO navode da bi troškovi proizvodnje u Rudniku uglja Pljevlja bi morali biti smanjeni od 24,21 eura/tona u 2015. godini na 17,5 eura/tona oko 2027.

Dokument koji je Vlada Crne Gore objavila u ime “dokazivanja” isplativosti projekta Pljevlja II zapravo pokazuje suprotno, prema komentarima nevladinih organizacija CEE Bankwatch Network, MANS i Green Home, koji su objavljeni danas i dostavljeni Evropskoj komisiji i drugim relevantnim adresama.

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: BalkanCoal, economics, lignite, Pljevlja, Balkans

Ministarstvo ekonomije: Projekat drugog bloka TE Pljevlja isplativ

July 25, 2016

Source: MINA-Business, Vijesti Online

Oni su dodali da će druga faza tokom izgradnje značajno povećati zaposlenost

Deloitte je, u okviru Studije izvodljivosti uzeo u obzir i prezentovao moguće scenarije izgradnje drugog bloka Termoelektrane (TE) Pljevlja, uključujući i konzervativniji pristup i najnepovoljnije varijante, saopšteno je iz Ministarstva ekonomije.

„Sve tri varijante pokazuju da je projekat isplativ“, navodi se u reagovanju Ministarstva na saopštenje predstavnika CEE Bankwatch Network, Mreže za afirmaciju nevladinog sektora (MANS) i Green Home-a.

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: BalkanCoal, economics, lignite, Pljevlja, Balkans

NVO: Smanjiti troškove proizvodnje

July 25, 2016

Source: MINA-Business, RTCG

Troškovi proizvodnje u Rudniku uglja morali bi da budu smanjeni, kako bi projekat gradnje drugog bloka Termoelektrane (TE) Pljevlja imao šansu da bude isplativ, ocijenili su predstavnici nevladinih organizacija.

Kako se navodi u saopštenju CEE Bankwatch Network, Mreže za afirmaciju nevladinog sektora (MANS) i Green Home-a, troškovi proizvodnje bi trebalo da budu smanjeni sa prošlogodišnjih 24,21 eura po toni na 17,5 eura po toni oko 2027. godine, a da nije uopšte sigurno da li će takvo smanjenje stvarno biti realizovano.

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: BalkanCoal, economics, lignite, Pljevlja, Balkans

Vlada tvrdi da je drugi blok Termoelektrane isplativ

July 25, 2016

Source: Zerina Ćatović, antena M

Iz Ministarstva ekonomije su kazali da je studija Deloita uzela u obzir i najnepovoljnije varijante, odgovarajući na tvrdnje nevladinog sektora da je drugi blok Termoelektrane neisplativ.

„Sve varijante pokazuju da je projekat isplativ“, navodi se u reagovanju Ministarstva ekonomije.

Predstavnici civilnog sektora su jutros poručili da bi troškovi proizvodnje u Rudniku uglja morali da budu smanjeni, kako bi projekat gradnje drugog bloka Termoelektrane (TE) Pljevlja imao šansu da bude isplativ.

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: BalkanCoal, lignite, Pljevlja, Balkans

The hefty health toll of coal burning in the Western Balkans - and what is not being done about it

While the Energy Community yesterday failed to consider more stringent air pollution rules for the Western Balkans, a new report quantifies the health costs of the region’s coal burning both within the region itself as well as in the neighbouring European Union.

Tags: air pollution air quality coal emissions Energy Community particulate matter Pljevlja Ugljevik Balkans EU neighbourhood