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 […]
Interconnection with Kosovo* comes online
Albania inaugurated a EUR 70 million power transmission line of 400 kV, linking the country with Kosovo*, SeeNews reported. The interconnection is 241.1 kilometres long. The 151.1 kilometres on the side of Albania cost EUR 29 million. The section was financed by a loan from Germany’s KfW Development Bank. The construction of the power line […]
MEPSO working on last stage of Skoplje–Tetovo powerline
State-owned company Electricity Transmission System Operator of Macedonia (MEPSO) has started works on the last stage of 110 kV powerline linking Skopje and Tetovo, news agency MIA reported. The whole project is worth EUR 3.5 million, the company said in a statement. The new powerline will replace the old one, in use for 60 years. […]
Dalekovod to ink EUR 65 million deal with Statnett
Norwegian transmission system operator Statnett said it plans to award power transmission equipment maker Dalekovod d.d. a deal worth over EUR 65 million. The contract forsees construction of two 420 kV transmission lines. In a tender for the construction of connectors Namsos–Hofstad– Åfjord and Snilldal–Surna in Norway, with a combined length of 200 kilometres, the […]
EU pledges funds for Albania–Macedonia interconnection
The Western Balkans 6 ministerial meeting took place at the seat of the Energy Community Secretariat in Vienna in the presence of Johannes Hahn, European commissioner for neighbourhood policy and enlargement negotiations. The Ministry of Energy and Industry of Albania said the European Union guarantees financial backing for the construction of the country’s 400 kV […]
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 […]
Transco’s Q1 contracts worth EUR 15.34 million
Power transmission company Transco (Elektroprijenos-Elektroprenos Bosne i Hercegovine a.d.) said it concluded more than 45 contracts in the first quarter of 2015 with companies from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region, for the implementation of various projects with a total value of BAM 30 million (EUR 15.34 million). In March, the contract was signed with Elektroenergetika […]
Albania-Italy cable potentially more profitable than Montenegrin project
Albania is trying to position itself as the export route for cheap Balkan hydropower into Italy, ahead of Montenegro, ICIS reported. An undersea electricity interconnector between the two countries could be more feasible than a cable linking Montenegro and Italy, according to Lorenc Gordani, an energy expert from Albania. The Albanian government signed a memorandum […]