North Macedonia: Many of us want an overview of how much energy our country consumes, where it comes from, and if we''re making progress on decarbonizing our energy mix. This page provides the data for your chosen country across
We recommend integrating detailed maps that highlight brownfields, degraded, and converted lands into critical planning documents. Specifically, forthcoming iterations of the Energy Strategy of North Macedonia,
June 25th, 2024 | Skopje, Macedonia Alcazar Energy Partners announces $500m investment to launch the largest onshore Wind Farm Project in North Macedonia. Skopje, 25.06.2024 –
On its path to the EU, North Macedonia has adopted its Energy Law in May 2018 (which harmonised the energy legislation of North Macedonia with the EU Third Energy Package). Most recently, in November 2022, the EU Regulation
energy technology in North Macedonia to meet the binding 2020 targets and the indicative interim trajectory for the shares of energy from renewable resources in heating and cooling (ktoe) 15.
As part of the Powering Past Coal Alliance, North Macedonia has committed to a coal phase-out by 2027. It was also the first contracting party to the Energy Community to complete a National Energy and Climate Plan
ENERGY PROFILE North Macedonia ENERGY PROFILE Total Energy Supply (TES) 2016 2021 Non-renewable (TJ) 93 548 92 443 Renewable (TJ) 19 952 22 166 Total (TJ) 113 500 114 609 Renewable share (%) 18 19 Growth in TES 2016-21 2020-21 Non-renewable (%) -1.2 -3.0 Renewable (%) +11.1 -0.5 Total (%) +1.0 -2.5 Primary energy trade 2016 2021
Like others in the region, North Macedonia must balance its need to rapidly accelerate the transition to renewables to secure its energy future with the need to ensure that future is one where both the country’s nature and people thrive.
North Macedonia has a 36.8 MW wind farm at Bogdanci and has received EU and KfW financing to expand it. It was the first country in the Western Balkan region to put into operation a sizeable wind facility. Its second wind farm, the 36-MW Bogoslovec, only started operating in mid-2023.
North Macedonia’s state-owned power company was unbundled and partially privatized in the early 2000s. Austrian utility company EVN has been responsible for electricity distribution in North Macedonia since entering the market in 2006.
The electric power production system in North Macedonia consists of two coal power plants with a total installed capacity of 825 megawatts (MW), several hydro power plants with a total installed capacity of 695 MW, one combined generation power plant, a heavy oil plant, a few solar power plants, a few biogas plants, and one wind power farm.
The pipeline and refinery have only been used for storage since 2013. The governments of North Macedonia and Greece are discussing re-opening the dormant oil pipeline.
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