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 […]
Korean firms looking for opportunities in green energy
Blerand Stavileci, minister of economic development, visited South Korea, holding meetings with officials and representatives of companies, particularly those in the energy sector and information and communications technology (ICT). The trip ahead of a return visit was realized with the support of the World Bank, which is one of the biggest supporters of these two […]
IFC helps NLB Prishtina boost energy efficiency lending
An advisory project started in June 2015 by a member of the World Bank Group to help NLB Prishtina bank in Kosovo* better identify, evaluate and finance energy efficiency projects, resulted in new lending products for energy efficiency for private households and for small and medium-sized companies. The International Finance Corporation said it helped the bank boost […]
Small hydropower plant inaugurated in Dragaš
The Government of Kosovo* is dedicated to ensuring proper development of energy from renewable sources, as a prerequisite for sustainable economic development deputy minister of economic development Besa Zogaj-Gashi said during the inauguration of hydropower plant Brodi 2 in the village of Mlike in the municipality of Dragash. The 3.89 MW facility is part of […]
Gazivode hydro resource important for Serbia’s EU chapters
The settlement of legal relations in connection to the hydropower plant Gazivode (Gazivodë) is an important moment for Serbia to start membership negotiations with the European Union, said Laszlo Varga, member of Serbian parliament from the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians and deputy chair of the Parliamentary Committee on EU Integration. He told Novi Sad–based Hungarian […]
Parliament ignoring petition against power price hike
Civil Society Consortium for Sustainable Development (Kosid) demanded from the parliament of Kosovo* to envisage all the points of the petition against the increase of the price of power supply, Independent Balkans News Agency’s portal reported. Through this petition, last September the organizers and 33 thousand signatories demanded from the parliament to abrogate the decision […]
KOSTT boosts transmission grid security from EBRD loan
The electricity transmission system operator KOSTT intends using the proceeds of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction (EBRD) for achieving full compliance with the N-1 electricity transmission grid security criteria, the bank said. This is a key technical requirement for KOSTT to join the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), which […]