6th International Youth Conference on Energy

Budapest, 21-24 June 2017

Dejan Pejovski1, Tamara Panova2

1Rade Koncar – Service and Repairs of Electrical Products
2EVN Maceodnia

REVIEW OF THE PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS

INTEGRATION AND PROSPECTS IN THE MACEDONIAN
ELECTRICITY SYSTEM
 Overview of the world situation

Renewable Energy Share of Global Electricity Production, end-2015

 Overview of the world situation

389 GW

304 GW

Installed PV capacity and forecast until 2020 worldwide

• 1975: 101.5 $/W => 2016: 0.447 $/W

• China: 43.3GW; Germany: 39.7GW
• In 2015, the US solar energy industry added more
jobs than oil and gas extraction industry altogether
Structure of the electricity system in Macedonia
Structure of the electricity system in Macedonia

49.19%
29.38%

13.98%
1.79%
4.66%

0.19%
0.81%

Installed capacity by fuel in Macedonia end-2015, in MW

 Structure of the electricity system in Macedonia

Contribution to the total electricity demand in Macedonia end-2015

Structure of the electricity system in Macedonia
Solar energy in Macedonia

Annual solar irradiation:

• Minimum:1250 kWh/m2
• Maximum:1530 kWh/m2
• Average:1385 kWh/m2

Daily solar irradiation:

from 3.4 to 4.2 kWh/m2
Installed PV power plants in Macedonia
Installed PV power plants in Macedonia
 Installed PV power plants in Macedonia

Total cumulative installed PV systems capacity and electrical energy

produced, end-2016
 Installed PV power plants in Macedonia

Share of the electrical energy produced by PV systems in the electricity

demand and in electricity production, end-2016
 Feed-in tariffs and limitations

April 2013, RM Official Gazette

Total installed capacity on a national level for granted feed-in tariffs:

• 4 MW for PV power plants with rated power smaller than 50 kW, and
• 14 MW for PV power plants with rated power greater than 50 kW, but
smaller than 1 MW.

11.07.2013
Energy Regulatory Commission announces that the quotas for PV
power plants installed capacity are fulfilled.

Feed-in tariffs:
• 46 €c/kWh for P  50kW (2010) and 16 €c/kWh (2013)
• 41 €c/kWh for P  50kW (2010) and 12 €c/kWh (2013)
 Feed-in tariffs and limitations

Additional expenses arising from feed-in tariffs for PV power plants

“…the difference between the costs of purchases of power from RE producers

under feed-in tariffs and the market price of power is collected in form of a
surcharge on the transmission tariff from end-use electricity consumers in
proportion to consumption, i.e. a charge per kWh consumed”
 Prospects of PV systems in Maceodnia

Strategy for Energy Development in Macedonia until 2030:

• Baseline scenario (BS) - the final energy consumption is estimated
to grow with an average annual grade of 2.64%;
• Strengthened energy efficiency scenario (EEf) - the average growth
rate is calculated to be 2.2%.

2006 2020

Electricity consumption + 2.5%/y or +2%/y

Participation of RES in total primary energy 11.5% 13.3%
Coal thermal plants in electricity production 49.19% 42%
 Prospects of PV systems in Maceodnia

Strategy for Renewable Energy Sources Utilization by 2020:

• 10 to 30 MW of installed PV plants by 2020 → 14 to 42 GWh/y

• 20 to 40 MW of installed PV plants by 2030 → 28 to 56 GWh/y

Estimation of the installed capacity of PV systems and electrical energy produced

 Prospects of PV systems in Macedonia

• By 2035, total installed PV capacity: 120MW (BS) and 190MW (EEf), i.e.
total electrical energy produced from PV plants: around 170 GWh;

Estimated 20 million euro private capital to achieve the predictions!

Third Action Plan for Energy Efficiency (2016):

• micro PV systems up to 3 kW by individual households, and the extra
electrical energy produced to be injected into the power grid
• single household: 2 kW PV system → 2.5MWh/y
 Crucial areas for action

• legal and regulatory framework

- the electricity company is obliged to receive the excess of
energy produced by PV system producers

• market development
- product standards, “soft” interventions: education,
campaigns…

• entrepreneurship and business acceleration

- programms for technical assistance for the local companies

• technology development
- R&D credits and grants
 Conclusion

• Total number of privileged electricity producers from PV systems

(2015): 101

• Total installed PV capacity (2015): 6.66 MW

• Contribution to the total installed capacity: 0.81%

• Strategy for RES Utilization:

- by 2020: 10 – 30 MW installed PV capacity
14 – 42 GWh/y electrical energy production

- by 2030: 20 – 40 MW installed PV capacity

28 – 56 GWh/y electrical energy production
Thank you for your attention!