Macedonia invites bids to select universal, last resort electricity supplier
Macedonia has launched a procedure to select the country’s universal electricity supplier, which will also provide last resort supply, in line with a new energy law, in what the government says will ensure stable supply and prices until 2025. The government said earlier it will select the universal supplier and supplier of last resort as […]
ELEM plans to build 10 MW solar PV plant
Macedonia’s state-owned electricity producer ELEM plans to build a 10 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant adjacent to its Oslomej thermal power plant (TPP). The proposed PV plant project, which has a total estimated cost of EUR 10 million, would be financed by proceeds of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) […]
Government requests tendering to select universal electricity supplier and supplier of last resort
The Macedonian government has adopted a decision on launching a procedure to select the country’s universal electricity supplier and supplier of last resort, in line with the new energy law, according to a statement on the government’s website. The prime minister’s office, the office of the deputy prime minister in charge of economic affairs, and […]
Government of Macedonia presented Draft Law on Energy
The Draft Law on Energy, which envisages full liberalization of the energy sector, will soon be submitted to the parliament, the Macedonian Government announced. Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Kočo Angušev said that this law is harmonized with five European directives and three European regulations. “The law will enable complete liberalization of the energy […]
Macedonia to get first private wind park in Bogoslovec
On the slopes of Bogoslovec, in the eastern part of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the first private wind park in the country will be built. The Macedonian government issued a building permit to a local private investor. The government approved the construction of the wind power plant Bogoslovec at its last session in 2017. […]
Macedonian Draft Law on Energy to introduce liberalization of power market in 2019
Macedonia’s Draft Law on Energy envisages the liberalization of the electricity market from 2019, allowing households to choose their supplier. Public discussion on the Draft Law is ongoing, while adoption is anticipated by March, Macedonian media reported. Households that do not want to choose a supplier will be supplied by a universal supplier. This supplier […]
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 […]
ELEM to expand its Bogdanci wind farm for additional 13.8 MW
It took only 16 wind turbines to cover about 2 percent of Macedonia’s production of electricity, so plans are underway for further expansion of wind power projects. Standing tall on the hills just east of the major border crossing between Macedonia and Greece, greeting the travelers on the E-75, are the only 16 wind turbines […]