Membership
Day of Accession
1 July 2006
Status
Contracting Party
Kosovo*'s 2020 implementation
performance and key energy
sector benchmark data
performance and key energy
sector benchmark data
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Implementation by electricity indicators
Implementation by electricity indicators
status: 1 November 2020
source: calculated and compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat -
Facts and figures
Kosovo* facts and figures in electricity
Description of data [unit] 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Electricity production [GWh] 5.503 5.835 5.300 5.311 5.718 Net imports [GWh] 715 632 1.242 825 928 Net exports [GWh] 628 1.121 879 677 905 Gross electricity consumption [GWh] 5.590 5.346 5.686 5.671 5.741 Losses in transmission [%] 1,29% 1,5% 1,5% 1,39% 1,25% Losses in distribution [%] 31,8% 29,7% 29,3% 27,9% 25,9% Consumption of energy sector [GWh] 112 109 96 107 110 Final consumption of electricity [GWh] 3.860 3.686 4.008 4.022 4.408 Consumption structure [GWh] / industrial, transport, services and other 1.746 1.472 1.717 1.649 1.893 Consumption structure [GWh] / households (residential customers) 2.114 2.214 2.291 2.374 2.515 Net maximum electrical capacity of power plants [MW] 1.222 1.033 1.038 1.076 1.099 Net maximum electrical capacity of power plants [MW] / coal-fired 1.171 960 960 960 960 Net maximum electrical capacity of power plants [MW] / hydro, total 49,42 71,31 75,54 75,54 95,1 Horizontal transmission network [km] / substation capacity [MVA] 5.782 6.359 6.399 6.399 6.399 Horizontal transmission network [km] / number of interconnectors 7 8 8 8 Electricity customers / total 511.820 537.592 561.809 580.975 605673 Electricity customers / non-households 76.069 80.860 82.524 85.079 88.187 Electricity customers / eligible customers under national legislation 511.820 537.592 561.809 580.975 605.673 Electricity customers / customers supplied from the competitive retail market 0 1 3 3 3 Internal market / electricity supplied to active eligible customers [MWh] 0 92.938 427.388 662.652 464.110 Internal market / share of final consumption [%] 0,00% 2,52% 10,66% 16,47% 11%
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Retail market opening
Retail Market Opening
Source: Ministry of Economic Development
Facts and figures
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Implementation by renewable energy indicators
Implementation by renewable energy indicators
status: 1 November 2020
source: calculated and compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat -
Total renewable energy capacities
Total capacities of renewable energy 2019, 2018, 2017 (MW)
status: 1 November 2020
source: Ministry of Economy and Environment/Energy Regulatory Office (ERO), based on ERO Report 2019 and KESCO -
Shares of energy from renewable sources
Shares of Energy from Renewable Sources
Source: EUROSTAT and Kosovo Agency for Statistics (KAS)
Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency indicators, implementation indicators, implementation of labelling
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Implementation by energy efficiency indicators
Implementation by energy efficiency indicators
status: 1 November 2020
source: calculated and compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat -
Energy efficiency indicators
Energy Efficiency Indicators
Source: EUROSTAT and World Bank 2020 data and Contracting Party's Reports
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Implementation of labelling Directive
Implementation of Energy Efficiency Product Regulation Overview
New labelling package adopted by the Ministerial Council in November 2018 was not assessed, as the transposition deadline expires in January 2020
Source: multiple sources of data (EECG reports, NEEAPs etc.), compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat
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Implementation by environment indicators
Implementation by environment indicators
status: 1 November 2020
source: calculated and compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat -
Installations and emissions under LCP Directive
Installations and emissions Under the Large Combustion Plants Directive
Source: compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat
Browse through Kosovo*'s
latest implementation updates
latest implementation updates
| Latest developments in Climate | Date |
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| The Administrative Instruction Nr. 14/2018 on capture and deposition of carbon dioxide in suitable geological formations was approved at the 79th meeting of the Government of Kosovo* | December 2018 |
| By Decision No.09 / 79, Kosovo* adopted two administrative instructions partially transposing Regulation (EU) 525/2013, namely the Administrative Instruction on a Mechanism for Monitoring Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Administrative Instruction for Monitoring Greenhouse Gas Emissions. | December 2018 |
| The 2019 - 2028 National Strategy and Action Plan on climate change has been approved by the Government | September 2018 |
| Latest developments in energy efficiency | Date |
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| The Energy Efficiency Agency submitted 4th Annual Progress Report in line with the Directive 2012/27/EU on Energy Efficiency. | November 2020 |
| The Energy Efficiency Agency submitted 3rd Annual Progress Report as required by the Directive 2012/27/EU on Energy Efficiency. | October 2019 |
| The Energy Efficiency Agency submitted final drafts of the 4th NEEAP and National plan for increasing the number of nearly zero-energy buildings. Both documents cover period 2019 – 2021 and are planned to be adopted by the end of 2019. | October 2019 |
| The board of directors of the new energy efficiency fund appointed the managing director. | August 2019 |
| The institutional framework was strengthened with the establishment of a new energy efficiency fund as an independent entity. | January 2019 |
| The Ministry adopts three technical regulations to implement the Law on Energy Performance of Buildings. | December 2018 |
| Law on Energy Efficiency transposing Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency was adopted by the Parliament of Kosovo*. | November 2018 |
| Kosovo* was the first country that submitted the 1st Annual Report under the Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU. | June 2018 |
| A new Energy Efficiency Law was finalised in cooperation with the Energy Community Secretariat, and, adopted by the Government. Adoption by the Parliament is still pending. | May 2018 |
| The REEP Plus programme supported the responsible state institutions in Kosovo*, prepared model energy performance and energy supply contracts and identified a number of gaps in the functioning of the ESCO market in Kosovo*. | May 2018 |
| Latest developments in renewable energy | Date |
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| Kosovo* submits the third progress report on the promotion of renewable energy 2016-2017, to the Secretariat. | February 2019 |
| The Ministry of Trade and Industry finalised the draft Law on Trade in Petroleum Products and Renewable Fuels and the Administrative Instruction on Biofuels and sent it to the Cabinet of Ministers. | June 2018 |
| Regulation (Grk) No. 05/2018 On One Stop Shop For Renewable Energy Sources was adopted. | April 2018 |
| Latest development in environment | Date |
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| An Administrative Instruction (MTI) No. 06/2019 on the technical requirements for import, storage, wholesale, and retail sale of petroleum fuels and cleaning of tanks was adopted. | July 2019 |
| Government of Kosovo* declares Pashtrik Mountain and Vërmica Lake a Protected Area in the category of Nature Park. | May 2019 |
| The revised NERP, which takes the Secretariat’s comments into account, was adopted by the Government of Kosovo*. | May 2018 |
| Latest developments in electricity | Date |
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| The regulator amended a Guideline on liberalisation of the electricity market in Kosovo* in order to prolong regulation of supply prices, by 31 March 2020 for customers supplied at a 35 kV voltage level, and by 31 March 2021 for 10 kV customers. | March 2019 |
| The transmission system operator of Kosovo was certified by the regulator, following the Energy Community Secretariat's Opinion 02/2019. | February 2019 |
| Kosovo Business Registration Agency registered a supply company Elektrosever, wholly owned by the Electric Power Utility of Serbia, EPS. Licensing of a Serbian supplier in Kosovo* is a precondition for the entry into force of the Connection Agreement between ENTSO-E and KOSTT. | November 2018 |
| A Memorandum of Understanding on day-ahead market coupling between the transmission system operators and national regulatory authorities of Albania and Kosovo* was signed. | August 2018 |
| KOSTT applied for the transmission system operator (TSO) certification by the national regulatory authority, ERO. | May 2018 |
| Latest development in regulatory authority affairs | Date |
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Following approval of supply license for new supplier HEP, national regulator approves supply license for new supplier GSA. |
November 2016 |
| Latest development in renewable energy | Date |
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| Kosovo Competition Authority (KCA) started a sector inquiry of the energy markets. | June 2019 |
| State Aid Department of the Ministry of Finance publishes “State Aid Guideline”. | January 2019 |
| Regulation of (GRK) No. 19/2018 on Procedures and Forms of State aid Notification, was approved on 71 meeting of the Government of Kosovo, with the Decision No.05/71. | October 2018 |
| Latest developments in infrastructure | Date |
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| Pursuant to Regulation (EU) 347/2013, the national competent authority was established by a decision of the Minister of Economic Development. | August 2017 |
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The Minister of Economic Development signed the administrative instruction on the promotion of joint regional investments in the energy sector, which transposed Regulation (EU) 347/2013. |
February 2017 |