Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them here, however, does not necessarily mean that we agree with every word, nor do...
Tag - Coal
The European Commission’s Just Transition Mechanism, the first part of a decade-long Green Deal funding package, estimated to be worth upwards of one trillion...
As the transition to low-emission sources will cost the Czech Republic 25 billion euros, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is calling for more ambitious financial assistance...
The European Commission is referring Poland to the Court of Justice for allowing energy intensive businesses to be exempted from excise duty on coal and gas. Common EU...
A court in Bucharest has blocked the expansion of the Roșia coal mine in Gorj, the largest in Romania. In 2016, Complexul Energetic Oltenia, the largest energy company...
Hungary’s gas storage facilities are full for the first time in history, assuring both domestic supplies ahead of the winter season and profits from renting out storage...
Montenegro has scrapped plans to add a 254 MW unit at the Pljevlja coal-fired power plant, the country’s government has announced. Ljubo Knezevic, energy advisor...
Polish police have detained a number of Greenpeace activists in the Polish port of Gdańsk. The climate protesters were arrested on September 9 as they stopped a vessel...
New figures from Eurostat have revealed that Poland accounts for 30 per cent of the European Union’s annual consumption of coal. In 2017, Poland burnt 73.8 million...
As the region moves towards an increased use of renewable energy, the need to ensure a steady supply of cheap, reliable energy to fuel growth remains. Emerging Europe...
The European Union has urged Bosnia and Herzegovina to re-open and re-examine a decision to guarantee a Chinese loan to power utility EPBiH for the construction of a new...
Belarusian exports of coal to Ukraine saw a huge increase last year, despite the having almost no natural coal fields. According to the National Statistical Committee of...
