North Macedonia reveals ambitious energy development plans
It seems that after years of fuelling its electricity generation with lignite, North Macedonia is on its way to a coal phase-out. Looking at development scenarios of the newly approved national energy strategy, the country’s key generation asset, Bitola thermal power plant, is to be closed between 2025 and 2040. The new national energy strategy envisions a decarbonisation of the Macedonian generation portfolio and the increased implementation of renewable energy sources. The
Tender launched for 100 MW solar project in North Macedonia
Macedonian state-owned Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM) launched a tender in an effort to find a strategic partner for the public-private partnership project of designing, building and operating a 100 MW photovoltaic power plant in Oslomej. Contract is to last for a period of 35 years after which the unit’s ownership will be transferred to the public partner. The new unit is to be built upon the depleted lignite mines of the former 125 MW thermal power plant. The investm
GEEN continues investments in biomass units in Croatia
Czech based GEEN Holdings announced plans to start construction of its third biomass-fired combined heat and power unit in Gospić, Croatia. The unit possesses a power purchase agreement (PPA) with HROTE. It’s planned capacity is 4.96 MW. GEEN already operates two biomass-fuelled units in Croatia: 4.93 MW unit in Županja and 4.9 MW unit in Benkovac. Source: Jutarnji
