Voith to supply equipment for small hydropower plant Gradište
Technology group Voith has won an order for the manufacture, supply and commissioning of two StreamDivers for the Gradište small hydropower plant (SHPP) in Macedonia. According to the company’s press release, the plant is one of 12 facilities currently planned for the river Vardar, with the aim of increasing the hydropower share within Macedonia’s total […]
Government of Macedonia announces tendering for solar power plants, wind farm
The Government of Macedonia has announced tendering for the construction of solar power plants with a combined capacity of 200 MW in February, and for premiums for a 50 MW wind farm by the end of the year, while state power utility ELEM has secured financing for the construction of a 10 MW Oslomej solar […]
Funding for Bogdanci wind farm’s second phase secured
In two years, the Bogdanci wind farm, the first Macedonian wind power plant online since 2015, should have a total installed capacity of 50 MW, as the second phase will add 6 more wind turbines with a combined capacity of 13.8 MW. The Bogdanci wind farm now has 16 wind turbines each with 2.3 MW, […]
Energy Community adopts decision lowering Macedonia’s 2020 renewables target from 28% to 23%
The Energy Community’s Ministerial Council has adopted a decision lowering Macedonia’s 2020 target for the share of renewable energy sources in gross final energy consumption from 28% to 23%. The decision was adopted as a result of a review of the 2020 renewables target requested by FYR Macedonia due to the revision of the country’s […]
“White Paper” on Chapters 15 and 27 presented at the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia
GIZ ORF-EE partner, the Center for Research and Policy Making, presented a White Paper, titled “Challenges and Tasks referring to Chapters 15 and 27 of EU Law” on 29 November, 2018 in the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia. The activity was conducted within the regional GIZ project Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – […]
Resalta enters Macedonian market with energy audit of pharmaceutical company Alkaloid
Resalta, a leading energy service company (ESCO) in South-East Europe (SEE), has officially launched operations in Macedonia with its first project in the country: a comprehensive energy audit of leading pharmaceutical company Alkaloid AD Skopje, according to a press release from the ESCO. Resalta d.o.o.e.l., a subsidiary of Slovenia-based Resalta, was registered in September 2018, […]
Households, small-scale consumers to get official portal for comparing electricity prices
Portal switch.mk for comparison of electricity suppliers’ offers for households and small-scale consumers will be operational at the beginning of 2019, when these categories of buyers in Macedonia will be given the opportunity to choose a supplier. This internet tool will help households and small-scale consumers, depending on their consumption patterns and other characteristics, to […]
Draft regulations discussed for Macedonia to introduce prosumers, premiums for PV, wind energy projects
A public debate was organized in Skopje on November 8 to discuss a draft rulebook and a draft decree to regulate the sector of renewable energy sources over the coming period, including prosumers and tendering procedures with electronic reverse auctions to award premiums to investors seeking to build PV and wind energy capacities. The draft […]
