Macedonian Power Plant (ELEM) and China International Water and Electric Corporation (CWE) have signed a protocal about complete fullfilment of all obligations from the agreement for the construction of the Kozjak hydropower plant in the Formey Republic of Yugoslavia Macedonia.

The Kozjak power plant has 50 MW of installed capacity, and can produce 150 GWh of energy annually, which is about one eighth of the total annual energy production in the country. The power plant uses two Francis hydraulic turbines to power the electrical generators. The project was launched by CWE in 2002. The Kozjak dam is one of the tallest such constructions in Europe, located about 25 km upstream from the river Vardar.

Kozjak hydropower plant

The completion of Kozjak, along with the hydropower plants Sveta Petka and Matka, envelopes the entire project with three cascade hydropower plants at the river Treska, which will provide 250 TWh of energy annually. ELEM plans to modernize existing hydropower plants in the future, as well as construction of new hydropower capacities.

[source: Macedonian Information Agency, image: ELEM]