page_title: Electrical energy in Kosovo
section_title: Solar
hierarchical_section_title: Electrical energy in Kosovo / Electricity generation / Solar
caption_attribution_description: English: Global Horizontal Irradiation of Kosovo
context_page_description: The electricity sector of Kosovo relies on coal-fired power plants and is considered one of the sectors with the greatest potential of development. The inherited issues after the war in Kosovo and the transition period have had an immense effect on the progress of this sector.
  Regulation of activities in energy sector in Kosovo is a responsibility of the Energy Regulatory Office. An additional factor in the energy sector in Kosovo is Ministry of Economic Development, which has the responsibility of dealing with issues that have to do with energy. MZHE prepares legislation and drafts strategies and projects.
context_section_description: Kosovo has the potential of capturing solar energy directly and converting it to electricity. The region of highest solar potential based on global horizontal irradiation is the Metohija region of southeastern Kosovo, centred around the city of Gjakova. 
  Solar power is already used on the roofs of some buildings. However, due to the weak nature of Kosovo's economy, it cannot afford to develop a grid-scale photovoltaic power station of its own.
  JAHA SOLAR, a subsidiary of the larger JAHA-Group, was founded in 2016 and is the first producer of solar panels in the Western Balkans.
caption: Solar potential of Kosovo
exif: {}