Kosovo Energy Strategy 2009-2018 - Ministria e Integrimit

ENERGY STRATEGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO FOR THE PERIOD 2009–2018Figure 5: Contributions of each primary energy sourcein Kosovo (ktoe)Figure 6: Contributions of each sector to total energyconsumption (ktoe)4.3 Reasons of fast growth of energy consumptionenergy demand and its coverage for the future in Kosovo are: accompanied by the technical conditions of the existing thermopower plants, has• Increase of electricity consumption for a long period of time in the past may beattributed to lack of an effective consumption control, which has been accompaniedby an increasing level of non-technical losses and electricity theft mainly in thehouseholds sector and the a certain extent in the services sector, and Serbian majorityenclaves that don’t pay for electricity used, has resulted in continued load shedding in• Lack of alternative energy resources or their high prices for substituting electricity aswell as low prices of electricity, have lead to a massive utilization of electricity for• Increase in demand for imported oil and gasoline in the transport sector deteriorates4.4 Electricity production during the period 2000-2007Based on several important studies conducted after the year 2000 and energy balances prepared byMEM during the recent years, electricity generation from each power plant has been as presented inFaqe 32Ministry of Energy and Mining