5 minutes agoThree reasons why Kosovo risks losing electricity
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)On July 21st, at the government's recent outgoing meeting run by Isa Mustafa approved the decision to expropriate properties affected by the implementation of the project to expand the superficial mine for blasting coal, but this does not work to have electricity for much longer. This, according to the director of [...]
This, according to KEK director, leads to power collapses as coal reserves guarantee only two weeks of electricity.
At the Government's meeting, Isa Mustafa has given several reasons why expropriation cannot occur at this time, even though due to the emergency situation, KEK has proposed expropriating the 17 owners' properties located in the vicinity of KEK excavators in these villages, says Insyder.
Mustafa said the first reason is because “has emerged significant problems regarding the furtherful continuation of the KEK's superficial mine in the direction of the village of Shipitula and Hades, due to the fact that in time no expropriations have been made there, and that any delay here risks halting KEK's work in that section and remaining in the absence of electricity production”.
The second reason, according to Mustafa, is that emergency expropriation in these two villages cannot be made, as legal measures that have not been met are required, says Insander.
According to the outgoing prime minister, “in emergency measures cannot access expropriations to that part, but legal measures must be met”.
The third reason is, always according to the prime minister, that delays for expropriation are made by the owners of the lands themselves, since according to him they are “reduced to carrying out the pre-legal processes” which are “outside the fulfilment of these conditions”.
If KEK is on the basis of the World Bank framework, the possibility to reach agreement with the parties there and create other access options under the framework, it's another issue, but legal procedures are necessary to fulfil, because it's an issue that can at least be said to be emergency, is more than emergency, because it can be damaged by KEK and we can be damaged with electricity supplies for reasons of delays”, the prime minister has said.
KEK Director Arben Djukaj has told Reuters that KEK has to take over 52 hectares of private property in order to extract untapped coal, but local residents want more money for their restoration, and the Government of Kosovo has not successfully addressed this problem, even though this process had begun in 2013.
“We will work with a full capacity of only two weeks --x1>, Djukaj told Reuters.
In the coming weeks we will face a considerable lack of electricity from the generation units. All depends on how we're going to spend the cargo reserves”, he added/Insander. com
