The expulsion of coal as a strategic energy source is expressed in many European countries. It is indisputable that energy planning must take into account environmental and economic goals. Governments and policymakers must implement energy sustainability in a balanced manner and provide an opportunity for energy security to be achieved in continuity. This means that the relationship between energy, the environment and the economy must be objectively harmonized. Intersectoral analysis is precisely the tool that enables such perception. The paper only analyzes in one part, by applying cross-sectoral analysis, the relationship between some pollutants generated in the production process of the Thermal Power Plants Nikola Tesla (TPPNT) and open-pit lignite mines at the Kolubara coal mine, and production results in the production part of the Public Enterprise "Electric Power Industry of Serbia".
Maksimovic et al. (Wed,) studied this question.