Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM), a state-owned electricity company in North Macedonia, has launched a 30 MW solar tender for the design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover of two solar plants. The deadline for applications is Jan. 17, 2025.
Researchers have looked into the impact of potential regulated charge exemptions on two types of energy communities in 39 European countries. They have found that communities with collectively owned PV systems achieve greater savings.
The Macedonian government increased the size limit for PV installations under net metering, launched a €1 million rebate scheme, and is now planning to eliminate all grid fees for prosumers.
The two projects are both located in eastern North Macedonia and are expected to require an overall investment of €116 million.
With pressure mounting on the world’s governments to turn their back on the fossil fuel, China and peers in South East Asia, Europe and South Asia could help deliver a coal-free future at the COP26 climate summit planned in Glasgow in November.
The North Macedonian government wants to award a 15-year PPA through the procurement exercise. Selected developers will be granted a feed-in premium tariff paid on top of the electricity price.
Land scarcity and renewables prices have been long considered significant hurdles for renewable developments in the hilly Balkans. Still, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) sees solid opportunities in floating PV on public dams, PV modules on rooftops, and renewables projects in landfills and disused coal mines.
Solarpro Holding has won a tender launched in late 2019 by North Macedonian utility Elektrani na Severna Makedonija. It will build a 50 MW solar plant and will sell power on the spot market or via private PPAs.
The procurement exercise has been planned for the first quarter of the year.
Utility ESM is seeking potential partners for the construction of two 50 MW solar facilities at its shuttered coal power plant near Kičevo.
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