While Montenegro has an abundance of hydro and wind power generation potential it still needs to import about 35% of the country's total energy consumption. One of the main constraints for the development and use of these renewable energy sources (RES) is an insufficiently developed transmission network, which does not allow for significant amounts of new renewable electricity to be connected to the existing grid.
WBIF has provided a technical assistance grant for the preparation of a Feasibility Study, including Preliminary Design, for the potential construction of a 110-kV overhead transmission line from Vilusi to Herceg Novi and the associated 400/110/35 kV Brezna substation. These investments would allow the integration of renewable energy resources, particularly wind, into the national grid, as well as a better connection to the Trans-Balkan Corridor.
