Closure of coal-fired thermal power stations by 2030 and larger investments in renewable energy sources lead to improvement of air quality, said Minister of Environment and Physical Planning Naser Nuredini on Thursday.
Minister Nuredini said this, along with alternative ways of heating homes, would cut air pollution levels and improve the people’s health.
“We are all aware that 65 percent of the country’s energy is produced from coal in REK Bitola and Oslomej thermal power station. Our energy strategy focuses on investing in renewable energy sources, meaning that we not only support investments in photovoltaic power stations in Oslomej and Bitola. but also towards closing REK Bitola and TEC Oslomej by 2030,” Nuredini told reporters.
The idea is, he added, to invest in photovoltaic power stations and wind parks, along with the construction of the Chebren hydro-plant, in order to ensure stability of the energy grid.
Source: MIA
