EU Mission in Kosovo* to hire consultant for biomass heating plant
European Union Office in Kosovo* published tender for supervision of works and technical assistance for the district heating company in Gjakova/Đakovica, EU said in service contract notice. The submission deadline is January 8, 2018, while a maximum budget is EUR 850 000. “This contract includes services for supervision of the works for construction of a […]
Kosovo* is looking for investments in solar energy through auction scheme
Kosovo’s* Minister of Economic Development Valdrin Lluka announced that Kosovo* will be looking for investments in the solar energy sector through the new auction scheme which is to be set. The expected amount of the investment is EUR 100 million. Minister Lluka said that his ministry is interested in large-scale solar projects, and will begin […]
Kosovo* power production to remain heavily dependent on coal
Kosovo* has been facing its most serious energy crisis to date since the summer of 2017 because the government has failed to reach an agreement with residents of the village of Šipitule to buy land to dig coal. Kosovo* has coal reserves estimated at 14 billion tons, the fifth largest in the world but the […]
EBRD provides EUR 2 million loan for energy efficiency measures in Kosovo*
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided EUR 2 million loan for energy efficiency measures in residential sector in Kosovo*. The loan has been provided to Kreditimi Rural i Kosoves (KrK), the third-largest microfinance institution in Kosovo*, to support households’ efforts to save energy and money. The funds will be on-lent to […]
Kosovo* and Albania agree to intensify work on establishing common electricity market
Ministers of Kosovo* and Albania have discussed the establishment of the common electricity market as well as Albanian power exchange in which Kosovo is ready to take part. They have also talked about the issues hampering the functioning of 400 kV transmission line between Kosovo* and Albania. Minister of Economic Development of Kosovo, Valdrin Lluka, […]
Turkey’s Guris Holding to build windfarms in Kosovo* and Ukraine
The Turkish company Guris Holding has announced the construction of new wind power plants in Kosovo* and the Ukraine, the Turkish press reported. The reports said that the company plans to build the plant in Ukraine outside the city of Odessa but do not specify the exact location of the site of the power plant […]
GIZ facilitates agreement on use of ENMA Soft energy management system in Kosovo* and Albania
The GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), in collaboration with GIZ bilateral projects Promotion of Energy Efficiency in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Kosovo Energy Efficiency Project, hosted in the period of June 21-23 a knowledge exchange study visit in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The visit included participation of representatives of […]
Kosovo* Government receives MVP monitoring software from GIZ
As a result of a longstanding and successful collaboration in the field of energy efficiency, the German development organization Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH handed-over to the Kosovo* Government the Monitoring and Verification Platform (MVP) and complementary manual. The handover, that took place in Prishtina on 21 February, was followed by a training […]