Kosovo Energy Situation

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Kosovo

Capital:

Pristina

Region:

Europe & Central Asia

Coordinates:

42.602636° N, 20.902977° E

Total Area (km²): It includes a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

Population: It is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin.

1,756,374 (2023)

Rural Population (% of total population): It refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

()

GDP (current US$): It is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources.

10,438,351,483 (2023)

GDP Per Capita (current US$): It is gross domestic product divided by midyear population

5,943.13 (2023)

Access to Electricity (% of population): It is the percentage of population with access to electricity.

100.00 (1999)

Energy Imports Net (% of energy use): It is estimated as energy use less production, both measured in oil equivalents. A negative value indicates that the country is a net exporter. Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.

27.39 (2014)

Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption (% of total): It comprises coal, oil, petroleum, and natural gas products.

86.12 (2014)

Source: World Bank

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Introduction

Kosovo has been working on diversifying its energy mix and increasing the share of renewable energy sources to reduce dependency on conventional fossil fuels. Factors such as government policies, international collaborations, and economic considerations play a significant role in shaping the progress of renewable energy deployment in any country.

Energy Situation

Total Installed Capacity by the end of year 2022 is 1,925.52 MW

Technology	Grid Connection	Year	Capacity (MW)
Solar photovoltaic	On-grid	2022	19.75
Onshore wind energy	On-grid	2022	138.75
Renewable hydropower	On-grid	2022	110.13
Fossil fuels n.e.s	On-grid	2022	1288

Fig 1: Installed Electricity Capacity in Percentage

Energy Generation and Consumption

Description of data [unit]	2020	2021
Electricity production [GWh]	6.301	6.207
Gross electricity consumption [GWh]	5.771	6.885
Consumption structure [GWh] / industrial, transport, services and other	1.362	1.986
Consumption structure [GWh] / households (residential customers)	2.778	3.131

Net Import & Net Export

Description of data [unit]	2020	2021
Net imports [GWh]	839	1.311
Net exports [GWh]	1.283	835

Energy Loses

Description of data [unit]	2020	2021
Losses in transmission [%]	1,18%	1.26%
Losses in distribution [%]	25,4%	24.60%

Transmission network

Description of data [unit]	2.367	2.35
Horizontal transmission network [km]	1.413	1.437
Horizontal transmission network [km] / substation capacity [MVA]	6.608	6.608

No of consummers

Description of data [unit]	2020	2021
Electricity customers / total	630.454	657.649
Electricity customers / non-households	91.784	95.712
Eligible customers under national legislation	630.424	657.649

Internal Market

Description of data [unit]	2020	2021
Internal market / electricity supplied to active eligible customers [MWh]	396.124	395.924
Horizontal transmission network [km] / substation capacity [MVA]	10%	8%

Renewable Energy Potential

	Unit	Reference Case 2030	Remap 2030
Total installed power generation capacity	MW	1,494.00	2,317.00
Renewable capacity	MW	444.00	1,639.00
Hydropower	MW	234.00	234.00
Wind - onshoore	MW	150.00	385.00
Biofuels (solid, liquid, gaseous)	MW	15.00	253.00
Solar PV	MW	45.00	767.00
Non-renewable capacity	MW	1,050.00	678.00
Coal	MW	1,050.00	678.00

Technologies	Technical Potential MW
Solar PV	581.3
Wind	2,328.8
Hydro	494.8
≤ 10 MW	144.8
> 10 MW	350.0
Pumping	350.0
Biomass	115.0
Biogas	70.0
Solid Biomass	15.0
Biowaste	30.0
Geothermal el.	0.0
Total	3,519.9

Fig 2: Technical potential Capacity in Percentage

As we can see, if Kosovo would use its entire technical potential,ti would increase the generating power by 126%.