Energy Supply
National Resources
The total reserves of coal in Macedonia are 941 million tons most of which (about 80 %) are proven reserves. Additionally, exploration reserves comprise about 60 % of the total balance, approx. 82 % of existing reserves are suitable for surface exploitation, while 18 % are strictly explored underground.
Current production is at 7.2 Mt.
There are no oil and no gas resources in Macedonia. The country’s domestic demand for petroleum products is relatively stable at around 800 000-1 000 000 tons per year.
To use of the oil shale as an energy resources it is necessary to solve many technical, technological and economical problems. But the potential is 26 million tons, not proven.
The degree of investigation of the uranium reserves in Macedonia is not sufficient to provide a probability for its use over the next 20 years. Exploration should continue in order to derive the quantity of already discovered reserves and determine if they can be categorized in a higher class. The energy potential of uranium is cca 6 million tons, not proven.
The possibility for the theoretical production of hydro-potential into electric energy is estimated to be much higher than its annual exploitation. The total hydroelectric potential in Macedonia, which is technically suitable for exploration, is 6,436 GWh/yr. This energy can be best utilized by building hydropower plants with a total capacity of 1,620 MW installed plants.
[ Donevski ]
According to a Master Plan prepared as long ago as 1976 and other studies made at a subsequent time, "the technically usable" hydropower potential of the rivers in the country are about 5.483 GWh.
[ EBRD, ENERDATA ]
Primary Energy Demand of the FYR Macedonia, 2009
Energy Demand of the FYR Macedonia, 2006
Source: Ministry of Economy, Energy balance of the Republic of Macedonia, December 2006
Development of Primary Energy Demand per Capita in Macedonia, as compared to the other countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the European Union 15 and Austria
Source: ENERDATA s.a. - WORLD ENERGY DATABASE [2011]
The decline of energy demand per capita is mainly due to the reduction of energy demand in industry. The trend of steadily rising primary energy demand, which is visible in the EU and Austria, can up to now only be seen in Slovenia, and, covertly, in Hungary and Slovak Republic.
Primary Energy Demand per Capita in the FYR Macedonia, as compared to other Countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the current European Union 15, 2008
Energy Balance 2009
TJ | Solid fuels | Crude oil | Oil products | Gas | Hydro., Nucl. | Elec. | Heat | Biomass | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary Production | 59271 |
|
|
| 4264 |
| 337 | 7471 | 71343 | |
Imports | 6124 | 47316 | 9596 | 3396 |
| 5457 |
| 0 | 71889 | |
Exports | -37 |
| -14882 |
|
| 0 |
| -25 | -14944 | |
Marine bunkers |
|
| -272 |
|
|
|
|
| -272 | |
Stock variations | 482 | -5274 | -237 | 0 |
|
|
| -341 | -4687 | |
Primary Cons. | 65841 | 42042 | -5795 | 3396 | 4264 | 5457 | 337 | 7788 | 123329 | |
Refineries |
| -43808 | 40521 |
|
|
|
|
| -3287 | |
Power plants | -59628 |
| -3739 | -49 | -4264 | 24093 | 669 | 0 | -42918 | |
Own use, losses | -837 | 1766 | -2750 | -2251 |
| -7241 | 3469 | -104 | -7949 | |
Final Consumption | 5376 |
| 28236 | 1096 |
| 22308 | 4475 | 7683 | 69176 | |
| industry | 5210 |
| 7921 | 1051 |
| 7802 | 2012 | 42 | 24038 |
| transport |
|
| 14657 | 11 |
| 108 |
| 37 | 14812 |
| households, services | 166 |
| 4436 | 34 |
| 14399 | 2463 | 7605 | 29103 |
| non energy uses |
|
| 1222 |
|
|
|
|
| 1222 |
How do I read this table?
Example: 59,271 TJ of solid fuels were produced in the country in 2009, additional 6,124 TJ were imported. 482 TJ went to the stock. The remaining 65,841 TJ went into primary consumption, 59,628 of which into power plants for electricity production, 837 into own use. Of the remaining 5,376 TJ, industry consumed 5,210 and households 166.
