The electricity sector in Kosovo* is almost entirely dependent on coal-fired power plants (97%).
This investment project will install a solar photovoltaic plant of up to 100 MW capacity on former ash dump fields near Kosovo A thermal power plant. This will be the first large-scale solar photovoltaic plant in Kosovo and will increase installed capacities tenfold from 10.1 MW to 110.1 MW. As a result, the share of solar power in the energy mix of Kosovo will increase from 0.2% to 2.3%. The plant is expected to produce around 152 GWh of electricity and save 152,000 tonnes of CO2 annually.
The EU co-funds the investments under Flagship 4 - Renewable energy - of the Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans through the WBIF.
* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
