How big is Kosovo's transmission network?

OverWatts maps 573 km of transmission line in Kosovo, across 36 segments, plus 1 substations. This is mapped length from OpenStreetMap, not an operator-reported total — where OSM is incomplete the figure is a floor, never a ceiling.

What voltage is Kosovo's grid?

Most of the mapped network is extra-high voltage (380–764 kV): 305 km of 573 km. The highest voltage tagged anywhere in the country is 400 kV.

How complete is the grid map for Kosovo?

Strong — 50.9 km of mapped line per 1,000 km² of land, ahead of 88% of the 153 countries with any mapped grid. Coverage grades how completely OpenStreetMap has drawn the network, not how much network exists; large, sparsely-populated countries score low for geographic reasons alone.

Who operates the grid in Kosovo?

KEDS - KESCO, KEK, KOSTT are tagged as operators on mapped segments. Operator tags are present on 8% of Kosovo's segments, so this ranks who is *recorded*, not market share.

What interconnectors connect Kosovo to its neighbours?

2,544 MW of cross-border transfer capacity to Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro. Capacities are from the Global Transmission Database (v1.0, 2023).

Kosovo · electricity network

Kosovo power grid

OverWatts maps 573 km of Kosovo's electricity transmission network across 36 line segments and 1 substations, the 127th most-mapped grid of 153 countries. Its backbone is extra-high voltage (380–764 kV), carrying 305 km — 53% of the mapped length, with the highest tagged voltage at 400 kV. That works out to 50.9 km per 1,000 km² of land — strong OpenStreetMap coverage, ahead of 88% of mapped countries. It is connected to 4 neighbouring grids by 2,544 MW of existing cross-border transfer capacity.

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573 km

Mapped transmission line

Substations

#127

of 153 mapped grids

2.5 GW

cross-border · 4 neighbours

400 kV

Highest voltage

OpenStreetMap coverage

Strong50.9 km / 1,000 km²ahead of 88% of 153 mapped countries

This grades how completely OpenStreetMap has drawn Kosovo's network — not how much network exists. Large, sparsely-populated countries score low for geographic reasons alone, and every kilometre here is mapped length, so the totals are a floor rather than an operator-reported figure. 11% of segments carry a real line name and 8% an operator tag.

Mapped line length by voltage

380–764 kV305 km 53%
220–379 kV268 km 47%

36 segments · a segment is credited to the country containing its midpoint, so a border-crossing line counts once, on one side.

Cross-border links from Kosovo

Serbia709 MW
Albania652 MW
North Macedonia630 MW
Montenegro553 MW

2.5 GW existing · capacities from the Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0), existing as of 2023

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Load against the network

1.4 GW

Operating generation

573

km of line per substation

50.9

km per 1,000 km²

Where there is room to connect a new load depends on published hosting capacity, which most operators release only as their own map. OverWatts does not yet ingest those feeds, so these are the density measures the open data supports — generation and mapped demand against mapped network — not a headroom figure.

Operators tagged on Kosovo's network

KEDS - KESCO1 33%
KEK1 33%
KOSTT1 33%

Segment counts from OSM `operator` tags, merged across spellings. Present on 8% of segments — this ranks who is recorded, not market share.

How Kosovo compares · mapped grid by country

Frequently asked

How big is Kosovo's transmission network?: OverWatts maps 573 km of transmission line in Kosovo, across 36 segments, plus 1 substations. This is mapped length from OpenStreetMap, not an operator-reported total — where OSM is incomplete the figure is a floor, never a ceiling.
What voltage is Kosovo's grid?: Most of the mapped network is extra-high voltage (380–764 kV): 305 km of 573 km. The highest voltage tagged anywhere in the country is 400 kV.
How complete is the grid map for Kosovo?: Strong — 50.9 km of mapped line per 1,000 km² of land, ahead of 88% of the 153 countries with any mapped grid. Coverage grades how completely OpenStreetMap has drawn the network, not how much network exists; large, sparsely-populated countries score low for geographic reasons alone.
Who operates the grid in Kosovo?: KEDS - KESCO, KEK, KOSTT are tagged as operators on mapped segments. Operator tags are present on 8% of Kosovo's segments, so this ranks who is *recorded*, not market share.
What interconnectors connect Kosovo to its neighbours?: 2,544 MW of cross-border transfer capacity to Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro. Capacities are from the Global Transmission Database (v1.0, 2023).

Elsewhere in Kosovo

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Network geometry: OpenStreetMap (ODbL) © OpenStreetMap contributors, ingested and measured by OverWatts · derived 2026-07-26. Counts every mapped line of 220 kV and above; the map layer draws the ≥380 kV backbone only, so it shows less than is measured here.