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For seven days we will travel relevant regions in Macedonia and explore areas with existing
renewable energy investments and sites for potential development.

Our journey begins in Skopje as we visit and explore Macedonia’s investment zones, business
district, the first natural gas cogeneration plant in the region and a hydro plant situated within a
canyon. We then continue our travels, heading South West as we explore a number of sites excellent for
hydro and geothermal power generation. A stopover in Ohrid is a must – Macedonia’s tourist -
popular city and home to the Balkan’s oldest lake and UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lake Ohrid.
Members will enjoy a site seeing tour of monasteries dating as far back as the 10th century,
Byzantine ruins, fortresses, an amphitheatre and a boat ride on the lake.

The southern region is one of the sunniest places in the Balkans receiving over 300 days of sun. The
Pelagonija flat plains show existing potential for solar development and members will receive an upclose
and high end view of this region. The travels in Macedonia’s East region will take us to one of the country’s most fertile pieces of land and the hottest for that matter. Geothermal and biomass production facilities will be our main focus
here.

The central region has the advantage of being the windiest spots and most suitable for wind energy.
Members will visit the town of Sveti Nikole before heading back to Skopje for a special half day
conference explaining Macedonia’s energy legislation, production and investment incentives.Geography
Situated in the southern region of the Balkan Peninsula, Macedonia is
landlocked and mountainous.

Climate

Three climatic types overlap–Mediterranean; moderately continental;
and mountainous, producing hot, dry summers and cold, snowy winters.
People
Population: 2,072,086 (July 2010 est.)
Median Age: 35.4 years old
Ethnic Groups: Macedonian 64.2%, Albanian 25.2%, Turkish 3.9%, Roma
(Gypsy) 2.7%, Serb 1.8%, other 2.2%
Religions: Macedonian Orthodox 64.7%, Muslim 33.3%, other Christian
0.37%
Government
Type: parliamentary democracy
Capital: Skopje Administrative Divisions: 84 municipalities
Economy
Doing Business: Ranks 32nd in the world (after France) for best country to
do business in and Europe’s top reforming nation. (World Bank Doing
Business Report ’10).
Currency: Macedonian Denar (MKD) €1 = MKD 61.3
Electricity
Production: 6.162 billion kWh (2009 est.)
Consumption: 7.797 billion kWh (2009 est.)
Electricity Imports: 1.636 billion kWh (2009 est.)\

Here are some more sites we will be visiting during our long stay

The International Renewable Energy Case Challenge (China Division) took place at 2:00pm April 11th at the international lecture hall at Guanghua Building. The president of Peking University International Student Energy Initiatives Li Ying’s opening address announced the start of the whole competition.

We invited Andrew Aldridge, Director of Carbon Finance from Climate Change Capital; David Diebold, Chairman and CEO of the David Diebold& Associates Company; Edward Chan, COO of China Solar& Clean Energy Solutions; Xu Yamin, University Program Manager of Schneider Electric China; Dulles Wang, program manager in the Energy Smart City Initiatives at JUCCCE and Wang Dong, distinguished research fellow from the College of Engineering at Peking University as our judges. We also got strong media support from Focus Magazine?China Energy News, University Student Weekly, Peking University TV station and the Voice of Peking University.

The six outstanding teams we selected from 47 teams are E-Star from Peking University, GreenMart from Shanghai Jiaotong University, Cascade Pioneer from Peking University, REST from Peking University, the Polaris from Shanghai Jiaotong University and Re-E-Future from Peking University. On the final competition stage, they all made great efforts to show their best performance. The proposal, the Power Point as well as the way they present their ideas are all well articulated. The judges were also well engaged in the Challenge and actively asked relevant questions, made comments and gave precious advice to the students.

After a tight race, the E-Star team became the winner of the China Division, with a score of_1038__(total: 6 judges each gave scores on a 200-point scale, 100-point for proposal and 100-point for ppt, see the point table for details), the Green Mart from Shanghai Jiaotong University finally won the second place with only 7 points behind, and the Cascade Pioneer from Peking University took the third place with_961__points. The Polaris from SH Jiaotong University & Fudan University win a score of 924. REST and Re-E-Future win scores of 905 and 875, respectively. Then Professor Wang Dong gave us the closing speech and he was highly complementary about the efforts of our staff and the performance of the contestants high.

At the end of the day, we had a dinner party at Yanyuan Room of Zhengda International Center, where all the judges and participants had another chance to get to know each other at a more personal level.

Hello everyone!

Summer is fast approaching and we cannot be more thrilled for our final round competition in Macedonia. As of now, our President Marijana is in Macedonia in preparation for the competition.Once again, congratulations to Greenetric for winning the Canadian round. Keep checking our facebook for extra photos of previous events.

ENJOY!