Kosovo*
Turkey-based Yıldırım building 109 MW solar park in Kosovo* for its ferronickel plant
07 May 2024 - Yıldırım Energy marked the start of construction works on a 150 MW solar farm in Kosovo*. It will supply the group's ferronickel plant.
Kosovo* adopts Law on the Promotion of the Use of Renewable Energy Sources
09 April 2024 - Only after the first auction was held, lawmakers in Prishtina passed the Law on the Promotion of the Use of Renewable Energy Sources, which introduces CfDs
Kosovo* completes first solar power auction at EUR 48.88 per MWh
03 April 2024 - Swiss firm Orllati and its consortium won the first solar power auction in Kosovo*. They can build and operate a PV park of up to 105 MW.
Kosovo* receives financing for 120 MW solar power plant on coal ash dump
24 March 2024 - The EIB is providing a EUR 33 million loan for KEK's solar power project of 120 MW in peak capacity on its former coal ash dump
Kosovo* to measure wind potential for auctions, public projects
02 March 2024 - Kosovo* is about to measure wind potential to present the data to foreign investors or develop public projects
Kosovo* power utility KEK replaces acting CEO
27 February 2024 - KEK) appointed Bekir Gërguri as acting chief executive officer and Ramadan Budakova as his deputy, also in an acting capacity
Kosovo* to subsidize solar panels for prosumers, solar thermal systems
07 February 2024 - Kosovo* is using an EU grant for public calls for families and firms to install solar power panels and solar thermal collectors
Kosovo* to auction 950 MW of renewables, energy storage by 2025
06 February 2024 - The Government of Kosovo* is preparing a series of auctions for renewable energy and battery storage capacity
Kosovo* reveals names of participants in 100 MW solar power auction
05 February 2024 - Kosovo* received six applications from companies and consortiums seeking to qualify for the first solar power auction
Kosovo* receives six applications for its first solar power auction
01 February 2024 - The deadline has expired for qualifications for Kosovo's first solar power auction. Applications sent by mail will be received for two more days.
Kosovo* enters day-ahead market on Albanian Power Exchange
30 January 2024 - Kosovo* joined the day-ahead power market at ALPEX, and all four members are state-owned electricity companies
Kosovo* adopts first Law on Climate Change
12 January 2024 - Kosovo* failed to include all the 2030 Energy Community climate and energy targets and the 2050 climate neutrality objective in its new law
Energy Community urges Kosovo* to commit in its NECP to phasing out coal by 2050
05 January 2024 - The Energy Community Secretariat doesn’t have any major objections to Kosovo's draft National Energy and Climate Plan
Kosovo* increases ceiling price for first solar power auction
29 December 2023 - The Energy Regulatory Office of Kosovo* said the ceiling price for bidders in the first solar power auction would be EUR 75 per MWh
Just transition roadmap sought for coal town in Kosovo*
08 December 2023 - A contractor will produce a socio-economic analysis and just transition roadmap for Obiliq (Obilić) in Kosovo*
Kosovo* to hold its first wind power auction in 2024
17 October 2023 - After the current pilot auction for solar power, Kosovo* is planning a competitive bidding process in 2024 for 150 MW of wind power