Authorities in North Macedonia are getting ahead with the green agenda to transition out of coal, the country's main energy resource.
With one of the country's main coal-fired thermal power plants, the state-owned power company Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM), providing two-thirds of North Macedonia's electricity needs, many of North Macedonia's cities are listed among the ten most polluted in Europe, particularly during the winter, Caspian Energy Media reports with reference to Euronews.
Following the obligations undertaken under the green agenda of the European integration process, work has now commenced to transform one of the thermal power plants and adapt it to renewable energy sources by 2032.
Last week, North Macedonia signed an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, providing it with €26.4 million that should support the energy transition according to the Green Agenda.
