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Greece, TPP Ptolemaida 5 starts commercial operation in March

Greece's new Ptolemaida 5 lignite-fired thermal power plant is due to be put into commercial operation next month. This means that from March, a...

Greece postpones closure of three lignite-fired power plants until 2025.

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...

Greece, Lignite-fired power plants accounted for 34 % of electricity generation in June

In times of energy crisis and soaring natural gas prices, Greece once again turned to coal, with lignite being responsible for 34 % of...

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Future of the planned 450 MW Tuzla 7 lignite plant is again in doubt

The future of the planned 450 MW Tuzla 7 lignite plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina is again in doubt after the country’s State Aid...

Greece is delaying the closure of lignite-fired power plants due to the energy crisis

Greece has decided to postpone the closure of the lignite power plant for at least three years and increase coal exploitation due to the...

Greece, PPC’s lignite-fired units to be classified as strategic reserve

Amid the war in Ukraine and EU’s intention to end its reliance on gas imports from Russia, Greek Ministry of Energy has accelerated the...

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Slovenia net generation down 13% in August as imports increase

Slovenia’s net electricity generation fell 13% year on year in August to 919 GWh. Production was also 7% lower than in July. The month’s...

Serbia launches $600 million gas network modernisation with World Bank support

Serbia has secured a $600 million World Bank framework for a gas-system overhaul. The programme is planned as a decade-long modernisation of Serbia’s gas...

Bulgargaz obtains 10-year wholesale gas licence for Serbia

Bulgargaz, the Bulgarian state-owned gas supplier, has secured a 10-year wholesale gas licence in Serbia. The permit authorises the company to conduct commercial gas...

North Macedonia generation drops 22% in July as renewables rise

North Macedonia’s gross electricity generation declined 22.3% year on year to 460,035 MWh in July, even as hydro and wind output increased. The month’s...

MVM begins foundations for 1 GW combined-cycle plant at Tiszaujvaros

Hungarian state-owned utility MVM has started foundation work on a new 1,000 MW combined-cycle gas-fired power plant at the former Tisza II site in...