North Macedonia is extending an invitation to neighboring countries for collaborative
Kovačevski said an analysis would show the best option for projects for the Čebren pumped storage hydropower plant and two gas-hydrogen facilities
Ten days ago the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning Kaja Šukova said the Government of North Macedonia would annul the tender in which Greece-based Public Power Corp. (PPC) and Archirodon were selected for the Čebren project. Just two days ago, the government tasked state-owned power company Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM) with starting negotiations with a potential strategic partner on the Negotino and Bitola gas-hydrogen power plant projects.
Prime Minister Dimitar Kovačevski now said that an analysis is required on how much the investments would burden the public debt compared to the option of involving private companies, MIA news agency reported.
The Society of Engineers asked the government and parliament to adopt a law stipulating that Čebren would be built with state funds
The profitability of both options needs to be determined to decide whether the government will implement the projects or add private investors, he stressed. From a financial point of view, in his words, it is good to have a private investor, because the public debt is not increasing.
Kovačevski pointed out that he respects the opinion of the Society of Engineers, which yesterday submitted an initiative to the government and parliament to adopt a law stipulating that Čebren would be built with state funds.
Kovačevski: It is best to build gas-hydrogen-fuelled power plants with General Electric
The Ministry of Finance, which is in constant contact with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, will analyze whether it is better to build the energy facilities using state funds or with the help of a private investor, Kovačevski said.
He stressed that, in his view, the power plants that will be able to run both natural gas and hydrogen should be built with General Electric from the United States, and claimed that the country is North Macedonia’s best friend, compared to all others. Cooperation with a partner from the US would provide long-term stability and security in the energy sector, Kovačevski added.
Still, Kovačevski stressed it is his personal opinion and that there would be many opinions in the runup to the final decision.
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The evolution of a hydrogen network in the maps mentioned earlier in this report presents a vision. Further detailed modelling and a flow study are needed to define the shape, size and ordering of hydrogen infrastructure, alongside policy support, development of hydrogen markets and hydrogen supply scaling up. The evolution of a hydrogen network in these maps illustrates one of many scenarios for the development of a dedicated hydrogen infrastructure. The EHB initiative considers blending and deblending hydrogen in/from natural gas transport infrastructure as a suitable step especially during the 2020s and early 2030s in the transition towards a dedicated hydrogen pipeline transport network.
The overview below sketches the general background and provides additional information on hydrogen infrastructure development for all participating countries. This information is provided by the respective energy infrastructure company (or companies) of each country.
Austria''s current gas transmission system is operated by two TSOs, TAG and GCA and covers approximately 1,700 km. The three parallel TAG pipelines were designed to transport natural gas from the eastern border with Slovakia to Italy, but due to the bidirectional function, operation in both directions is possible which strengthens their role as an interconnector. GCA transports gas via its transmission pipelines from Slovakia to Germany, Hungary and Slovenia as well as from Germany to the neighbouring countries. Domestic customers are supplied via GCA''s primary distribution system in Austria.
In the future, both TSOs expect to transport hydrogen, while providing the basis for a domestic hydrogen network. This is in line with the Austrian hydrogen strategy, which envisages the existing gas pipelines for future hydrogen transport embedded in a pan-European infrastructure. Hydrogen can be transported either blended with methane or in pure form. The latter can be carried out via dedicated hydrogen pipelines or via deblending facilities, which extract hydrogen from the methane/hydrogen mixture.
The largest part of the hydrogen backbone should be realised as early as 2030 by repurposing and expanding the existing infrastructure connecting Slovakia, Slovenia, Italy and Germany. By 2030, the GCA pipelines WAG, PENTA West and SOL could be fully looped for hydrogen transport and one of the TAG pipelines could be repurposed to transport hydrogen in both directions. With this, the Austrian network could serve all main corridors to supply Austria and the neighbouring regions with green hydrogen: Ukrainian green hydrogen via Slovakia, North African green hydrogen via Italy or green hydrogen from Northern Europe via Germany.
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