Albania, Germany sign second agreement on 400 kV transmission line to Macedonia
Germany and Albania signed an agreement on the second tranche of loan to finance the building of the 400 kV electric transmission line connecting Albania and Macedonia. The Albanian Minister of Energy and Industry, Damian Gjiknuri, and ambassador of Germany in Tirana, Susanne Schutz, signed the agreement in Tirana last week, completing a financial framework […]
HEP bolstering electricity supply in coastal areas
HEP Group said its Operator of Distribution System (HEP ODS) is investing more than HRK 500 million (EUR 66.8 million) in coastal areas aimed at contributing to Croatian tourism. The investments will allow for a significantly more secure supply of consumers on the Adriatic coast, as during the summer months their number is growing, the government-owned […]
MEPSO inaugurates Skopje–Tetovo powerline
Electricity Transmission System Operator of Macedonia (MEPSO) officially marked the inclusion of reconstructed highline Skopje–Tetovo into the electric network in Jegunovce in the country’s northwest. The length of 110 kV overhead connection is 48 kilometers and the total worth of the investment exceeds EUR 4 million, the MEPSO said. The power line is set on 187 columns […]
Regulator approves EUR 1.2 billion investment in grid
Electricity transmission company Transelectrica SA said the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) gave the go-ahead for its ten-year plan to invest RON 5.5 billion (EUR 1.2 billion) in network upgrade. The operator produces a plan for the following decade on a biannual basis. The Romanian government-controlled company runs transmission and market operations including infrastructure. The […]
Landline Mostar 4 – Široki Brijeg – Grude reconstructed
Works on the reconstruction of the 110 kV transmission line Mostar 4 – Široki Brijeg – Grude are finished. After an internal technical acceptance process it was put into operation, transmission operator Transco (Elektroprenos-Elektroprijenos Bosne i Hercegovine a.d.) announced on its website. The landline is a part of a former Kraljevac–Mostar line, built on reinforced […]
Contract for Trans-Balkan Electricity Corridor signed
Minister of Economy Vladimir Kavarić said good energy connectivity is necessary for future investments in the energy sector and free flow of energy through the country. That brings Montenegro financial and strategic benefits, he added at a press conference about the construction of the Trans-Balkan Electricity Corridor – Section Montenegro, funded by the European Union […]
Government in Ankara boosts transmission, distribution
More than TRY 5.6 billion (EUR 1.66 billion) was invested in the electricity transmission and distribution sector in Turkey last year, according to data released by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA). Anadolu Agency’s Energy News Terminal reported 21 of the private electricity distribution companies invested more than EUR 1 billion. About 50% of investments […]
Romelectro wins KOSTT’s tender worth EUR 7.5 million
Romelectro Group signed the contract for the construction of high voltage power lines in Kosovo* after being selected at an international tender by KOSTT – Transmission, System and Market Operator JSC. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will finance the investment of EUR 7.5 million. Works consists of five key sections of 220 kV and […]