Strengthening the electricity distribution network (transformer stations and low-voltage network)

The objective of the investment is to modernise the electricity distribution grid in line with the increasing consumption of renewable electricity and to enable the connection of generating installations to renewable energy sources, heat pumps and recharging points for electric vehicles.

The investment consists of the deployment of 838 new transformer stations and a new low-voltage network with a length of 1,300 kilometres.

On 9 September 2024, the Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy launched a public call for proposals for the selection of projects to implement the investment. 

The subject of the call for tenders, which ended on 6 November 2024, is the award of co-financing funds for strengthening the electricity distribution network in the territory of the Republic of Slovenia. 

Financial incentives are aimed at projects that will finance the construction of new distribution transformer stations and the construction of a new low-voltage distribution network in 2023-2026 using standard scales of unit costs.

EUR 47.43 million of the Recovery and Resilience Facility is foreseen for this purpose, of which EUR 40 million in grants and EUR 7.43 million in loans.

The investment is under implementation and is expected to be completed by the end of June 2026.

Additional Links:

• https://www.gov.si/zbirke/javne-objave/javni-razpis-za-sofinanciranje-distribucijskih-transformatorskih-postaj-in-izgradnje-nizkonapetostnega-distribucijskega-omrezja-za-obdobje-2023-do-2026/
• https://www.gov.si/zbirke/projekti-in-programi/nacrt-za-okrevanje-in-odpornost/o-nacrtu-za-okrevanje-in-odpornost/zeleni-prehod/c1k1-obnovljivi-viri-energije-in-ucinkovita-raba-energije-v-gospodarstvu/#e148358 

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