August 22 (SeeNews) - Macedonia's electricity transmission system operator MEPSO said it has launched an upgraded 110 kV long power transmission line, whose reconstruction cost about 4 million euro ($4.5 million).
The power line, which is 48 km long, links the country's capital with the town of Tetovo, the operator said in a statement, published on Saturday.
Under the project, 187 new electric poles were installed, and all transmission stations were modernized.
The reconstruction was financed by the World Bank and was completed by the Serbian Energomontazha, MEPSO said.
The mayor of Jegunovce, a village in the region, underlined that the reconstruction of the power transmission line will improve the energy security in the region in the next twenty years and has an important role for Jugohrom Ferroalloys, a big plant operating seven furnaces near Tetovo.
($=0.8851 euro)