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Kosovo Country Presentation

Azra Krasniqi
26 June, 2012

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General information of the country
After the war in 1999, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution
1244, by which the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo(UNMIK) administered Kosovo until its political status was settled. Thisadministration began reducing in both competence and power by thedeclaration of independence on 17 February 2008..
As well as being the youngest country in Europe, Kosovo is also the poorest.
The current Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita is €1,760 per annum,with 48 percent of population unemployed and only 26 percent is employed.
The latest poverty measure was made in 2007, according to which the poverty
line is €43 per month; 45 percent of population is below this line, and 17
percent live in extreme poverty, on below €30 a month.

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Energy sector of the country:

Lignite is the most important energy resource in Kosovo, supplying some 97%of the total production of the electrical energy, which is the primary energy
source.
The sector is regulated by the below legislation:•Law on Energy•Law on Electrical Energy•Law on Energy Regulatory•Law on Energy Efficiency•Law on District Heating•Law on Natural Gas

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Electricity is mainly generated by two coal (lignite) combustion plants:
Kosova A and Kosova B, with an installed capacity of 1478 MW;
Besides the existing TPPs, there are also several hydro potentials installed,
totally producing 11.8 MW.
There is only one wind potential installed in Kosovo with the capacity of 1.35
MW.
The electricity is supplied to 447, 492 consumers, out of which 233 industrial;
696 public ltg; 68,591 commercial and 377, 966 household.

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The Energy Strategy of Kosovo 2009-2018, which identifies the most important
challenges that the energy sector faces, such as bellow•Provision of sustainable energy supply;•Development of new lignite-fired energy generation capacities;•Development of energy transmission infrastructure;•Development of energy distribution infrastructure;•Promotion of foreign investments in the energy sector;•Optimized utilization of all energy sources available, including local andimported sources;•Ensuring an efficient use of energy and promotion of renewable energysources;•Development of gas network infrastructure.

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The Kosovo Energy Efficiency Plan 2010-2018 (KEEP), adopted
last year, contains 9% or 91.89 ktoe target that shall be achieved
during 2010-2018. The First Preliminary Report is in preparation
phase. Targets for this period are set to 3% or 31.95 ktoe.
Energy Efficiency Improvement (EEI) measures will beundertaken in these sectors: Household, Services, Industrial,Transportation, and Agriculture.
According to the first preliminary report the target is achieved
2.2% or 20.05 ktoe. Savings in Household sector are 49.56% or
9.9365 ktoe and Services sector 50,44% or 10.107 ktoe, inIndustry and Transportation there is no evaluation made due tothe lack of Methodology Monitoring & Verification & Evaluation(M&V&E).

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Kosovo Plan on Renewable Energy Sources 2011-2020 (KPRES)contains targets
for renewable energy sources in final consumption of energy up to 2020. Basedon the study for calculation of RES targets up to 2020, for Kosovo it resulted to
be around 26% RES of Gross energy final consumption in 2020.

The Kosovo RES targets by 2020 year have to be defined by end of 2012 year.
These targets will be fulfilled by diverse renewable energy sources, mainly
from biomass, hydro and wind energy. Part of these targets is also the target forbiofuels which will be 10 % of fuels in the transport sector.

IEEJ: August 2012 All Right ReservedEnergy consumption in Kosovo in ktoe in years 2009-2011
Economic sector

2009

2010

2011

Industrial sector

237.12254.89365.71

Household sector

456.22461.67490.51Services sector
Agriculturalsector

111.86113.39119.57

18.47

18.44

19.95

Transport sector

341.36318.91

338.58

Total

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Energy sources consumption in ktoe
Source

2009

2010

2011

Coal (lignite)

57.30

82.59

86.65

Oil products

526.26489.50605.14

Biomass234.74236.35241.93

Biofuels

0.10

0.07

0.13

Electrical energy

337.19352.81396.80

Solar energy

0.56

0.61

0.63

Heating energy8.86

5.38

3.04

1165.031167.311334.32

Total

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Overview of use of all energy sources in the household sector (ktoe)
Source20092010

2011

Coal
Petroleumproducts

22.16

22.20

23.32

27.33

25.41

25.82

Biomass

216.53217.57222.36

Electricity

184.28

192.81216.85

Solar energy

0.17

0.18

0.19

Heating energy

5.76

3.50

1.98

456.22461.67490.51Total

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Available and consumption energy in 2011 (ktoe)

Coal

Petroleumproducts

Biomass

Electricity

Bio-fuel

Solarenergy

Heatingenergy

Available energy

86.31

577.18241.93396.80

0.13

0.63

3.04

Consumption

86.99

605.14241.93396.80

0.13

0.63

3.04

Difference-0.68-27.96

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

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Electricity consumption by economic sectors in 2011 (ktoe)
SectorIndustry
Transport
Household
Agriculture
Services
Total

2011
111.360.00
216.856.87
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Outlook of production, import, consumption and losses in 2012
MW production

TotalNational Generation

4.949.828

Import877.330

Available energy (Nationalproduction+ import

5.827.158

Neto demand

5.693.346

Transmission losses

128.197

Lack-62.509

Surplus (Export)

68. 125

Overall demand

5.821.544

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Outlook on energy demand by source in years
2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Coal

143.25148.32

153.58159.05164.71

170.59176.69183.01Oil
products

598.99622.71647.38671.02695.60721.15747.72775.34

Biomass347.34346.75341.77332.09326.33320.19304.30278.03

Biofuel

0.29

0.30

0.32

0.33

0.34

0.36

0.37

0.38

Electrical

436.71451.76465.69485.13487.10489.94504.56518.24

Solar

0.39

0.42

0.44

0.47

0.50

0.53

0.56

0.59

Heating

11.23

11.41

11.70

11.80

11.79

11.99

12.19

12.40

Total

1538.201581.68

1620.881659.87

1686.37

1714.76

1746.40

1768.00

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Human capacity
Low levels of billing and collection don't send the right price signals, set
the basis for a healthy energy economy, and fuel an unsustainable demandin power.
Since Kosovo depends on foreign investors, energy projects such as Kosova
e Re Power Plant, favour attracting those investors rather than the nationalinterest.
Kosovo is limited to lignite and has an unfavourable geopolitical situation(Weak regulatory regime and governance of the power utility.

Subjects of interest during the training
1. Policies on Renewables,
2. Switching more to LPG use rather electricity for heating
3. Energy conservation
4. Energy efficiency
5. Clean technologies

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