North Macedonia is getting ahead on the path to energy transition out of coal
The country signed an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which will provide it with 26.4 million euros that should support the energy transition according to the Green Agenda.
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00:00The main energy resource of North Macedonia is coal.
00:03Because of this, several cities in the country during the winter period,
00:06when the need for electricity is increased,
00:08are often on the list of the 10 most polluted cities in Europe.
00:12Behind me you can see the coal-fired thermal power plant
00:17that provides two-thirds of North Macedonia's electricity needs.
00:21In accordance with obligations undertaken from the Green Agenda of the European Integration Process,
00:26the thermal power plant should be transformed and adapted to renewable energy sources by 2032.
00:56It is very easy to connect here to Pljarka.
00:59Last week, North Macedonia signed an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
01:04which will provide it with 26.4 million euros that should support the energy transition according to the Green Agenda.
01:12Within these funds, the creation of an educational center is planned,
01:16which will help the state to provide human resources necessary for the management of the new energy systems.
01:22There should be physicists, electricians, computer scientists,
01:30because the whole system will be connected via the Internet and computers.
01:36Parallel to the transformation of the energy infrastructural capacities,
01:39North Macedonia should invest in opening new green jobs that would neutralize the social shock
01:45that will cause the closure of this thermal power plant, which currently provides 2500 jobs.
01:52www.pljarka.org