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Montenegro’s EPCG to install 200 MW of solar power plants

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Ivan Bulatović - in the middle (photo: EPCG)

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March 21, 2025

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Power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore plans to install solar power plants with a total capacity of 200 MW over the next three years, CEO Ivan Bulatović announced.

State-owned power company Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) intends to start production at the Gvozd wind farm by the end of the year and connect photovoltaic plants with a total capacity of 200 MW to the grid over the next three years.

With small rooftop solar systems of an overall 70 MW already online, Montenegro is a leader in the region in the development of the prosumer concept, Bulatović claimed and added that by the end of the year the capacity would reach 100 MW.

He also pointed to the importance of the Kruševo hydropower project, which is being developed in cooperation with French partners. In December last year, EPCG signed a contract for project design. The company’s partner in the endeavor is EDF.

Montenegro’s grid is relatively well developed thanks to the investments made in former Yugoslavia

Bulatović underlined that the problem of insufficient development of the transmission system is not a case only in Montenegro, but in the entire region and Europe. Simply, the grid wasn’t prepared for the sudden introduction of renewable energy, according to him.

The utility’s chief recalled that investors in Montenegro have the opportunity in the country’s legal framework to build a grid connection themselves.

The Montenegrin network, as he emphasized, is relatively well developed thanks to investments from former Yugoslavia, Bulatović noted.

Everything is ready for the installation of the second line of the submarine electricity interconnection to Italy

Turning to the undersea interconnection with Italy, he said the second cable is expected to be laid as the required infrastructure has been built on both sides. The first link has 600 MW.

Another cable to Italy and the planned new interconnections are creating transmission capacities enabling Montenegro and the entire region a better connection with the European electricity market, according to Bulatović.

The construction of the Trans-Balkan Corridor is underway and interconnectors with Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina are in the pipeline, he stressed at the Trebinje Energy Summit.

The development of the transmission system will continue in line with the needs of investors and for electricity production, Bulatović asserted.

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