HES Crn Drim exceeds electricity production projections
Hydropower plants (HPPs) Špilje and Globočica, which comprise the Hydropower system (HES) Crn Drim, will exceed the planned production of electricity in 2016. due to favorable hydrologic conditions. These facilities produced 565 million kWh by mid-December. HPP Špilje produced 340 million kWh of energy, which exceeds the annual plan by 24 percent, while HPP Globočica […]
Third Macedonian NEEAP presented to public
The draft of the third National Energy Efficiency Action Plan of Macedonia (NEEAP) recommends a decrease in total energy consumption along with measures that will contribute towards primary energy savings. The NEEAP draft, which was presented during the public debate on December 1 at the premises of the Ministry of Economy in Skopje, entails measures in the […]
Macedonian government gives subsidies for solar thermal panels to households
Macedonia has granted subsidies for installation of the solar thermal panels to 620 households across the country planned for 2016. The funds worth MKD 6 million (EUR 100,000) were provided by the Ministry of Economy, which gives back to buyers 30% of the money they invested in the equipment. The maximum subsidy per household is set at […]
Skopje as host city of the training on MVP
The Centre for Energy Efficiency of Macedonia (MACEF) hosted on November 9 in Skopje the 4th Partner Meeting of the consortium of the Facilitating multi-level governance in energy efficiency (multEE) project. The meeting brought together important partners from EU and non-EU countries. The following day the Training on the System for Monitoring and Verification (MVP) […]
New session of Renewable Energy Stakeholder’s Forum
USAID Macedonia Clean Energy Investment Project in collaboration with the Renewable Energy (RE) Association within the Chamber of Commerce organized last week the 8th RE Stakeholders’ Forum. The topics for this forum were selected due to the great interest they were expected to raise among the participants, especially the RE investors. In the first panel of the Forum, […]
Energetika 2016 international symposium on energy held in Ohrid
International conference Energetika 2016, organized by the Macedonian Energy Association (ZEMAK), was held in Ohrid, a town in country’s south-west, with participants from Macedonia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Russia and Sweden. Participants at the conference discussed energy production and management issues regarding energy prospects for the Balkans. “Energy production remains a key part of […]
Conference on water reforms and wastewater projects in Skopje
The National Water Conference, addressing the issue of water service reforms and their implications was organized by the Ministry of environment and physical planning and EPTISA, international consulting company in Macedonia’s capital Skopje. Addressing the conference audience, Minister Bashkim Ameti said that in 2016 Macedonia started the construction of three wastewater treatment plants, in Kičevo, Strumica and Radoviš, […]
Reconstructed sewerage network IPA project promoted in Kumanovo
Ministry of environment and physical planning, Baškim Ameti, spoke at the promotion of the IPA-founded project “Rehabilitation and extension of the sewerage network in the municipality of Kumanovo”, Project goal was to replace critical sections of the network system and to build new sewerage pipelines in municipality`s areas that never had an infrastructure for the […]