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Serbia to invest 10 bln euro in power, mining sectors
Serbia's government has prepared a 10 billion euro ($12 billion) investment plan for the electricity and mining sectors, energy minister Zorana Mihajlovic said on Tuesday.
read more... 03/02/2021
Czech health minister backs coal mining phase-out ‘as soon as possible’
Czech health minister Jan Blatný is aware of the negative impacts of coal mining on the environment and human health. “Personally, I am in favour of a coal mining phase-out as soon as possible,” he told EURACTIV.cz.
read more... 19/01/2021
Electricity, heat and lithium: geothermal offers new hope for old mining county
A project in Cornwall, England, is building on the county’s history of tin mining, looking to restore jobs and boost the local economy by developing a new geothermal plant that will produce electricity, heat and, hopefully, lithium.
read more... 21/12/2020
RO coal and power group CEO plans 310MW PV parks
Romanian coal and power complex CE Oltenia plans to achieve the restructuring and decarbonisation targets, among others, by developing four photovoltaic (PV) parks, to be located on contaminated land such as the areas currently used to store sludge and ash produced by its thermal power plants, and a tailings dump, where residues from the coal mining operations are deposited, Economica.net reported.
read more... 06/03/2020
Greece to install 3 GW of solar in mining regions
Greece has announced plans to install two large solar PV parks at mining sites. The investment will come from the national electric utility as part of its new strategy, in line with Greece’s efforts to phase out coal.
read more... 17/02/2020