Killing Coal Requires Gas Transition in Europe’s Dirtiest Corner
Coal-fired power plants generate more than half of the western Balkans region’s electricity, enveloping cities in heavy smog for months every year to create the most-polluted air in Europe.
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Natural gas will serve as a bridge for the western Balkans, where nations seeking to join the European Union need to move away from coal to renewable sources, a top official at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said.
Coal-fired power plants generate more than half of the six-nation region’s electricity, enveloping cities in heavy smog for months every year to create the most-polluted air in Europe.