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Economics

Balkan Green Energy News – Croatia, Slovenia to introduce windfall tax

November 28, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Slovenia and Croatia have decided to introduce a windfall tax to subsidize renewables and help the population and businesses cope with the energy and economic crisis. Slovenia will impose the extra levy on energy companies […]

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Balkan Green Energy News: Wind turbine giant Siemens Gamesa to lay off 10% of workforce

October 3, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

While hundreds of billions of euros in windfall profits are being given by EU government to gas companies, renewable energy appears to be making little progress. We see where the priority of the EU political […]

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Balkan Green Energy News: Slovenia earmarks EUR 5 billion to ease energy crisis in 2023

October 1, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

“No one will be left without a supplier, much less without supply.” The prices of electricity and natural gas are no longer linked to production costs and also warned of financial speculation in the futures […]

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Balkan Green Energy News: Air pollution in TPP Maritsa 3 could lead to shutdown of all coal plants in Bulgaria

September 18, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Due to breaches of air quality rules, the operation of the Maritsa 3 coal-fired power plant has been suspended. It will remain closed until it meets the norms and standards, the government said. It made […]

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Balkan Green Energy News: EU fails to agree price cap on Russian gas

September 11, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

There was little progress at the meeting of EU energy ministers with regard to plans to limit the prices of Russian gas. Member states failed to find a mechanism that could overcome the differences deriving […]

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Balkan Green Energy News: Energy crisis triggers new coal projects in Republic of Srpska, Serbia

August 23, 2022 David Shirreff 0

Europe’s efforts to reduce its reliance on Russian gas have resulted in a revival of electricity generation from coal. Read Here Photo credit: Alicja from Pixabay

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Balkan Green Energy News – Is EU to sacrifice Balkans to secure resources for its energy transition

August 21, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

The European Commission wants reliable supply chains for the materials that the EU needs to accelerate the switch to renewable energy sources and a green economy. The extraction of lithium, copper and other necessary commodities, […]

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Balken Green Energy News: Kosovo imposes rolling blackouts amid power supply uncertainty in Western Balkans

August 20, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Kosovo was forced to introduce rotating outages due to low electricity production and high imports. The Western Balkans are primarily dependent on obsolete coal power plants and there is not enough lignite, while extremely bad […]

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Balkan Green Energy News: Norway to impose power export controls

August 13, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

With all their brilliant plans to combat climate breakdown, politicians forgot to take climate breakdown into account. Reality is catching up with Europe’s corrupt political class and guess who will pay the price? Read Here […]

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Balkan Green Energy News: Drought lowers hydropower plant output in Serbia, Europe

August 11, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Oh! Climate breakdown means less rain, reducing hydropower and increasing transport costs. Odd that our governments were not aware of this. Read Here

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When McKinsey comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanovitch and Michael Forsythe

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Book Review by Roger Steer In January 2021 Brave New Europe published “The Americanisation of European Healthcare” which was my attempt to describe the forces at work to change the way healthcare is delivered in […]

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