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 […]

World Bank approved EUR 22 million for Ibar Lepenica canal

Kosovo Water Security and Canal Protection Project, credited by the World Bank with EUR 22 million as per approval of the Board of Executive Directors  dated September 30, aims to restore main Ibar Lepenica Canal to its original capacity and to improve water quality in the Kosovo region. This project should improve life quality for […]

Water October 11, 2016

EPTISA SEE awarded environmental projects in Serbia and Kosovo*

EPTISA SEE, a subsidiary of Spanish EPTISA Group, international company operating in the fields of engineering, architecture, consulting and information technology, announced two newly awarded projects in Serbia and Kosovo* in early September. The company headquartered in Belgrade will provide assistance with transposition, implementation and enforcement of acquis through further implementation of principles from the National […]

BPB Bank enters EBRD’s green energy programme

A new bank in Kosovo* has joined the energy efficiency financing programme of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Under an agreement signed by Suma Chakrabarti, EBRD’s president, and Arton Celina, the chief executive officer of BPB, the bank will receive a EUR 1 million credit line for on-lending to small and medium-sized enterprises […]

Romelectro wins KOSTT’s tender worth EUR 7.5 million

Romelectro Group signed the contract for the construction of high voltage power lines in Kosovo* after being selected at an international tender by KOSTT – Transmission, System and Market Operator JSC. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will finance the investment of EUR 7.5 million. Works consists of five key sections of 220 kV and […]

Interconnection with Kosovo* comes online

Albania inaugurated a EUR 70 million power transmission line of 400 kV, linking the country with Kosovo*, SeeNews reported. The interconnection is 241.1 kilometres long. The 151.1 kilometres on the side of Albania cost EUR 29 million. The section was financed by a loan from Germany’s KfW Development Bank. The construction of the power line […]

Solar panel factory inaugurated in Kosovo*

A plant with the capacity for the production of 200,000 solar panels a year was launched in Slatina by a venture of J. v. G. Thoma GmbH of Germany and local firm J.v.G Jaha Energy. One tenth of volume is for the local market, while the rest will be exported globally, United States Agency for […]