Balkan Green Energy News
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The Municipality of Novaci in North Macedonia, home to the country’s largest thermal power plant – REK Bitola, is making efforts to transform its economy ahead of the 2030 coal phaseout. DTPU Mej grup is preparing to build a 50 MW solar power plant.
Mayor of Novaci Stevče Stevanovski met with the representatives of DTPU Mej grup from Skopje, which intends to install a 50 MW solar power plant, and owners of the land where an overhead power line would be built to connect the project to the grid
The municipality in the southwest of North Macedonia is home to the country’s largest thermal power complex – REK Bitola. The government has just announced it would phase out coal by 2030.
State-owned utility Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM), which operates the coal mines and power plant, is developing several solar power projects in the area, envisaged to partly replace the capacity. According to the information posted on its website, it plans to build photovoltaic units of 20 MW, 40 MW and 100 MW at the site of the coal complex.
The company recently started the construction of a district heating pipeline from REK Bitola, as a 200 MW gas-fired cogeneration plant should also be built there, followed by another unit with a matching capacity.
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