In the village of Kramovik, Rahovec, works have been inaugurated for the construction of a Solar Photovoltaic Park with a capacity of 105 megawatts. Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti attended the ceremony and assessed this project as important for strengthening Kosovo’s energy security.
Kurti stated that the project’s selection through the Ministry of Economy’s auction represents an example of a transparent and competitive process, a model that, according to him, will also be used for future energy projects.
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According to him, the tariff of 48.88 euros per megawatt-hour was achieved as a result of competition among five bidders.
“The size of the capacity demonstrates the weight of this project for the country’s energy system. The selection procedure and the competitive price show the change that our governance has brought to large energy projects: full transparency, where documentation is accessible to everyone, investors receive the same information and compete under equal and clear conditions,” Kurti declared.
He emphasized that the investment impacts not only the increase of domestic energy production but also the engagement of the diaspora in investments. Kurti announced that Orllati Group, the leading company of the winning consortium, was developed in Switzerland.
Outlining planned developments in renewable energy, the acting prime minister said that the next auction for wind energy capacities of up to 100 megawatts has entered the final bidding phase.
In this process, according to him, three bidders from France, Germany, Kosovo, and Turkey have been prequalified.
Kurti also announced that the 70-megawatt wind park in Zatriq is near completion. Meanwhile, KEK is expected, with the support of the German Development Bank (KfW), to open a tender for a new solar park with a capacity of 100 megawatts.
In his speech, he said that Kosovo’s Energy Strategy foresees increasing domestic production through the modernization of coal-fired power plants, development of solar and wind projects, investments in the grid, batteries for energy storage, energy efficiency measures, and energy market integration with Albania and Europe.
Kurti added that the Government aims for responsible use of coal, with emphasis on gasification. He also announced that the possibility of utilizing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States of America is being examined, through cooperation with Albania at the Vlora Thermal Power Plant.
