Government-controlled Kosovo Energy Corp. (KEK) launched the prequalifications call for its Solar4Kosovo photovoltaic project. The area is in the municipalities of Obiliq (Obilić) and Fushë Kosovë (Kosovo Polje), northwest of Prishtina. After more than four years of planning the project, KEK is receiving applications for the design and construction of its first solar power plant, […]
Government-controlled Kosovo Energy Corp. (KEK) said it is preparing to start building its Solar4Kosovo 1 photovoltaic plant near Prishtina. It informed the local community that agricultural and other activities weren’t allowed anymore on the designated land. After four years of planning. a former coal ash dump is about to be turned into the biggest solar […]
The Commercial Court in Kosovo* supported the claims filed by one company in a complaint, suspending its obligation to purchase electricity in the free market. The ruling follows protests against the controversial liberalization of the power market for larger firms, which came into force on June 1. Two old coal-fired power plants in Kosovo* account […]
The Board of Directors of Transmission, System and Market Operator (KOSTT) of Kosovo* fired Chief Executive Officer Evetar Zeqiri after a complaint that former board members sent to the Special Prosecutor’s Office surfaced in the media. The company appointed Shaban Neziri as acting CEO. Evetar Zeqiri is dismissed from the top position in KOSTT, the […]
After 55 years of operation, a unit of KEK’s coal-fired power plant near Prishtina in Kosovo* is about to get a makeover, worth EUR 137.3 million. Firms can respond to the prequalification call for the facility’s rehabilitation and modernization by March 3. Government-controlled Kosovo Energy Corp. (KEK) launched a project for boosting the capacity and […]
The Board of Directors of Kosovo Energy Corp. (KEK) appointed Bekir Gërguri as acting chief executive officer and Ramadan Budakova as his deputy, also in an acting capacity. The change in leadership in Prishtina-based KEK has prompted controversy. Bekir Gërguri has been named acting CEO instead of Përparim Kabashi, who has returned to his previous […]
The European Investment Bank is providing a EUR 33 million loan for a solar power plant of 120 MW in peak capacity. Government-controlled power utility KEK plans to install it on its former coal ash dump near Prishtina. The European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a EUR 33 million investment loan for the construction of a […]