Study: European-financed small hydropower plants damaging pristine Balkan
Eight hydropower projects in Albania, Croatia and Macedonia financed with European public money have damaged biodiversity and are in urgent need of increased monitoring and restoration measures, finds a study by CEE Bankwatch Network. The hydropower plants were enabled by support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank […]
AD MEPSO seeking consultant for Albania-Macedonia transmission line
European bank for reconstruction and development (EBRD) and Macedonian electricity transmission system operators (TSO) AD MEPSO published an invitation for expressions of interest offers to provide consultant services for the FYR Macedonia – Albania Transmission line Phase 1 project. The consultancy contract is expected to start on 1 May 2018 and to last about 40 […]
Bulgarian, Macedonian TSOs to conduct joint auctions for capacity allocation
Bulgarian electricity transmission system operator ESO and its Macedonian peer MEPSO have signed an agreement to conduct joint auctions for capacity allocation, the Bulgarian transmission system operator (TSO) said in a statement. The document was signed by ESO CEO Ivan Yotov and MEPSO General Director Sašo Vasilevski during a joint session of the governments of […]
European Commissioner Bulc opens new electric car charging station in Skoplje
The European Union’s Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc opened a new charger for electric vehicles during the Summit of 100 Business Leaders in Skoplje, local media reported. The charger was set up outside the Park Hotel in the center of the Macedonian capital as part of the EDISON eCity project. Bulc drove an electric car from […]
UNDP tender for photovoltaic system in Macedonian village of Hamzali
The UNDP Country Office in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has published a tender for Procurement and installation of grid-connected photovoltaic system in village of Hamzali. UNDP invites interested companies to submit offers in a sealed envelope not later than 25 October 2017 at 10:00 at the address of UNDP. More details can be […]
VIDEO: Second Energy Community Summer School, Ohrid 2017
Second year in a row the EnC Summer School, organized by the Energy Community Secretariat, in cooperation with the Visegrad Fund, the GIZ ORF-EE, and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies from Skopje, hosted a number of highly motivated young individuals in Ohrid. It was an opportunity for the young minds of SEE, […]
Macedonia doesn’t plan to privatize ELEM power company
The Macedonian government doesn’t plan to privatize power company Macedonian Power Plants (ELEM). It, however, intends to implement unbundling in the company as well as the electricity transmission system operator MEPSO by following the example of other countries in the Western Balkans, the Macedonian media reported. The Western Balkans countries as the Energy Community Contracting […]
Macedonia upgrades weather forecast system to help farmers cope with climate change
With the help of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Macedonia is upgrading its weather forecast system in order to help farmers to better plan and organize their production, making thus its agriculture less vulnerable to climate change. Macedonia is one of the most arid countries in Europe with a strong share of agriculture […]