Kosovo ecostruxure energy hub

What is EcoStruxure Energy Hub?

EcoStruxure Energy Hub’s modular subscriptions make it easy and cost-effective to meet your specific needs: Energy Awareness and Compliance – gain visibility into your energy usage to quickly identify quick-win energy savings opportunities, while complying with common requirements in building energy codes.

Is Kosovo a member of the Energy Community?

Kosovo is a member of the Energy Community, an international organisation that brings together the European Union and its neighbours in southeast Europe to create an integrated pan-European energy market. The organisation was founded by the 2006 Energy Community Treaty to extend the EU internal energy market to southeast Europe.

How can Kosovo reduce its electricity consumption by 2030?

Investment in energy efficiency: Incremental investment in public and residential buildings, including district heating, could reduce Kosovo’s national electricity consumption by about 600 GWh by 2030, according to the World Bank options study.

What energy sources can Kosovo use?

There are three main sources of energy Kosovo can potentially use to satisfy this demand—lignite, gas and renewables. Lignite: We no longer see any realistic prospect for external financing of a new lignite power plant in Kosovo.

Why is it important for Kosovo's Electricity Networks to be flexible?

As the global market share of variable renewable generation and electric vehicles continues to gain momentum, it becomes increasingly important for Kosovo’s electricity networks to have sufficient flexibility and resilience to deal with greater supply and demand variability.

Does Kosovo have a high electricity demand?

Demand was flat from 2009 to 2016, but has since grown incrementally, rising 5.8% last year to a new peak of 6,001 GWh. Electricity demand shows strong seasonality, partly as a result of household electric heating. Domestic generation last year rose 7.7%, to 5,718 GWh. Kosovo’s electricity system is dominated by lignite.