Browsing: coal and lignite phase out

Bulgaria’s new Energy Development Strategy until 2053 foresees coal-fired power plants operating until 2030, alongside nuclear, solar, wind, hydro and geothermal plants, along with storage projects.…

Greece’s lignite-fired power plants owned by PPC will continue to operate beyond 2023, a departure from the government’s decarbonisation policy. In 2019, the government of Kyriakos…

In lignite-dependent regions according to Greek electricity transmission system operator ADMIE, it has received network connection applications for a total of 4.5 GW in renewable energy…

During this year Greek electricity transmission system operator ADMIE plans to accelerate the process of withdrawal of lignite-fired thermal units. This is mainly due to the…

The only active coal-fired power plant in Croatia is TPP Plomin which has a total capacity of 210 MW and serves to balance the electricity system.…

North Macedonia has announced that it will close all of its coal-fired thermal power plants by 2028. North Macedonia is the first country in the Western…

By the end of 2021, Greek Public Power Corporation (PPC) will decommission more than a third of a total of 3.4 GW of coal-fired capacity that…

Greek Minister of Energy Kostas Skrekas and President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Werner Hoyer have signed a financing agreement set to unlock plans for…

Slovenian Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtnovec and State Secretary Blaz Kosorok talked about the starting points of the concept of the future of Slovenian energy sector.…

In Republic of Srpska 60 % of electricity is generated by coal-fired thermal power plants, while almost all of the remaining 40 % comes from hydropower…