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, […]
The Green for Growth Fund has signed a series of agreements on green lending and support for major solar power and energy storage projects throughout the Western Balkans. The new commitments, backed by an investment from KfW, will lift its green financing portfolio in the region by up to EUR 176 million. At the EU–Western […]
Serbia’s power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) signed a contract for the modernization of its Vlasina hydropower plants with Energotehnika – Južna Bačka. The contract for the reconstruction and modernization of the Vlasina (Vlasinske) hydropower plants (HPPs), with a capacity of 129 MW, was signed by Dušan Živković (sitting first from right), Chief Executive Officer of […]
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 […]
Serbia’s state gas company Srbijagas and North Macedonia’s gas transmission system operator Nomagas signed a memorandum of understanding expressing their intention to soon build a gas interconnector between the two countries. Srbijagas is also expected to present a plan for a gas interconnection with Romania. The memorandum, signed by Srbijagas General Manager Dušan Bajatović and […]
The European Commission has proposed the first support package, of EUR 87.7 million, under the European Union’s Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, to help implement EUR 487.3 million worth of hydropower, solar district heating, and grid modernization projects in Albania, Montenegro, and Serbia. The package was announced following a high-level meeting between European Commissioner […]
The foundation stone was laid today in Serbia for the third section of the Trans-Balkan Electricity Corridor. The investment amounts to EUR 100 million. It entails a high-voltage overhead power line of 109 kilometers between Obrenovac and Bajina Bašta, equipping two new switchyards in the Obrenovac transformer substation and upgrading the Bajina Bašta substation to […]
The North Macedonian section of the gas interconnector with Greece is expected to be completed by early 2027. The construction contract was signed by the Ministry of Energy, Mining and Mineral Resources, domestic contractor Rapid Build and the country’s gas transmission system operator Nomagas. The construction of the gas pipeline connecting North Macedonia with Greece […]
As part of its Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, the European Commission has invited private businesses from the EU, the European Economic Area (EEA), and the region itself to express interest in investing in sectors including the green transition, critical raw materials, sustainable transportation, and digitalization. The objective is to open a dialogue on […]
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 […]