Kosovo intending solar project with funding support from Germany

• Kosovo is planning to construct a 70MW solar plant, with funding offered by Germany and also the European Bank for Reconstruction as well as Development (EBRD).

Called Solar4Kosovo, the project will set you back EUR64 million (US$ 70 million), according to the office of Kosovo's prime minister, Albin Kurti, that satisfied today with representatives of German development bank KfW and also Germany's ambassador to Kosovo, Jörn Rohde.

In a Twitter message, Rohde stated the investment will supply cutting-edge solar area heating and also photovoltaics to support security of supply for Kosovo.

No details regarding the project's timeline or area were exposed.

Since October, Kosovo had actually 10MW of released solar capacity under the country's feed-in tariff scheme, while a growing variety of organizations are installing rooftop PV in the nation, according to the United States International Trade Administration.

EBRD, which just recently launched a new country technique for Kosovo, last year provided a funding for a 13MW drifting solar project that will certainly be installed at a hydropower center in adjoining Albania.

At the time of that news, EBRD stated the floating PV plant has the potential to be duplicated in the broader Western Balkans region.