National conference held on energy challenges
Providing sustainable energy development is a must, participants in the ‘Energy Challenges of the Republic of Macedonia’ conference conveyed as their key message. Stefan Peter, chairman of the Board of EVN Macedonia – electricity distribution company, highlighted its investment plans, while Siniša Spasov, general director of MEPSO – transmission system operator, referred to the investment […]
Pressure mounts on EBRD to quit Mavrovo dams project
The Macedonian government has plans to make Mavrovo the home for two large and around 15 small hydro power plants, one with financial support from the EBRD, even though this is the largest and richest national park in the country and home to the critically endangered Balkan Lynx, CEE Bankwatch Network said. Boškov most, one of […]
German company scanning energy projects to invest in
AEG Industrial Engineering AG perceives Macedonia as being the main energy center in the region, said Heinrich Otterpohl, CEO of the German company, part of a delegation visiting Macedonia, the former Yugoslav republic’s government said on its website. In a meeting with deputy prime minister for economic affairs Vladimir Peševski, Otterpohl praised Macedonia’s investment opportunities, […]
Investment in hydro plant operator vehicle planned by EBRD
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said it is considering an equity investment of up to USD 35 million (EUR 30.73 million) to acquire up to a 20% stake in holding company HoldCo, a vehicle to be established as a 100% owner of five operating run-of-the-river hydropower plants (HPPs) currently owned by Rönesans Enerji and […]
Agreements for construction of 19 small hydro facilities
After the completion of the sixth round of concession granting procedure, the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning of Macedonia signed agreements with 12 investors for the construction of 19 small hydropower plants, Republika.mk said. The one-time concession fee is MKD 150 million (EUR 2.44 million). The contract expires after 23 years, including three years […]
Interconnection underway between Macedonia and Albania
The construction of a 400 kV Bitola-Elbasan interconnection transmission line tops the list of priority projects within the Energy Community involving energy infrastructure, said Macedonian economy minister Bekim Neziri and Albania’s parliament speaker Ilir Meta at a meeting in Tirana, English language Independent.mk agency said. Both men pointed that this is the first interconnection between […]
ELEM activates EUR 5.6 million in guarantees from Slovenia’s Riko
The bank guarantees provided by Slovenia’s Riko worth EUR 5.6 million were activated, state-owned power producer ELEM said on April 9. The foreign company failed to meet obligations in the former Yugoslav republic on the construction of a 36.4 MW hydropower plant (HPP), said ELEM, operator of the facility. St. Petka HPP was officially delivered […]
