Prequalification deadline for wind park Bogdanci expires in five days
The invitation to companies for expressions of interest for the delivery and installation of equipment for wind park Bogdanci lasts until March 23. Elektrani na Severna Makedonija postponed the deadline, originally set for March 2. North Macedonia’s state-owned power utility is receiving applications for prequalification in the project to expand wind park Bogdanci. The two […]
Sparkasse Bank Makedonija secures EUR 2 million under GEFF for green buildings
Sparkasse Bank Makedonija has secured a EUR 2 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) under the Green Economy Financing Facility (GEFF) program to support investments in high-performance green technologies in privately owned buildings in North Macedonia. The agreement on loan was signed by Gligor Bišev, Chairman of the Management Board […]
N. Macedonia is first country in Western Balkans mulling coal phaseout before 2030
North Macedonia’s government has approved the Energy Development Strategy until 2040 which makes it the first country in the Western Balkans to consider a coal phaseout before 2030, Bankwatch said in a press release. Two of the strategy’s scenarios entail a coal exit by 2025, with the third delaying the closure of the Bitola lignite […]
Bulgarian, Slovenian, local firms to install solar PV plants in North Macedonia
Six companies registered domestically, two from Bulgaria and one from Slovenia were awarded the right to construct solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants with an installed capacity of 35 MW on state land and receive feed-in premiums in North Macedonia. North Macedonia’s government launched a tender in June for the construction of PV plants on state […]
North Macedonia to use coal pit Oslomej for 100 MW photovoltaic project
Applications will be received until May 8. The investor is obligated to secure EUR 80 million, the entire estimated cost. North Macedonia’s state-owned utility ESM was declared the public partner for Oslomej, where the photovoltaic power plant will consist of two equal units. Prime minister Oliver Spasovski said solar arrays on the location of a […]
Energoinvest, Končar to construct first N. Macedonia-Albania power line, new substation
North Macedonia’s transmission system operator (TSO) MEPSO has signed deals for a new 400 kV line to connect the country with Albania, a new 400/100 kV substation near Ohrid and an extension of Bitola 2 substation. Contracts worth EUR 35 million were awarded to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Energoinvest and Croatia’s Končar. The new line will […]
North Macedonia adopts Law on Energy Efficiency, sees bylaws by summer
New legislation brings the system in line with several EU rules in the sector. North Macedonia was several years late in harmonization and EUR 25 million for energy makeover in the public sector has been on hold. Lawmakers in Skopje established “new best practice standards” in the Energy Community, the organization’s secretariat said after a […]
ESM invites expressions of interest for Bogdanci wind farm expansion
North Macedonia’s state-owned power producer Elektrani na Severna Makedonija, ESM, has issued an invitation for expressions of interest in international open tendering with pre-qualification for the procurement of goods, works and associated services for Bogdanci wind farm – phase 2, as an EPC project. The project concerns the extension of the existing Bogdanci 1 wind […]
