Elektroprivreda Srbije
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{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Template:Navbar-Serbiacoal}}The Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) is Serbia's state-run power utility. EPS also owns and operates coal mines which supply its power stations.
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Existing coal-fired power stations
EPS owns and operates that TPP Nikola Tesla Power Plant, a 3,300 MW coal-fired power station located approximately 40 kilometers upstream from Belgrade, near the town of Obrenova. By far the largest coal plant in Serbia, the complex provides approximately 47 percent of the total capacity of the electric power system of Serbia. The complex and two of its plants are named in honor of Nikola Tesla, a Serbian electrical engineer and inventor.[1]
Proposed coal-fired power station
EPS is also proposing to build the Kolubara B power station, 750 megawatts station comprising two 325 MR generating units. [2]
On June 30, 2011, Serbia's state-run power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) and Italy's Edison signed a preliminary deal under which Edison would build the units, which would be EPS' first new coal-fired capacity in 20 years. A feasibility study is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2012. After that the two utilities will set up a joint venture. They gave no estimation of the cost.[3]
Under the proposal, Edison offered EPS a 36.4 percent stake in the new company in which EPS had already invested 300 million euros ($424.8 million) back in 1988 until putting the construction on hold due to lack of funds. EPS issued a tender for the construction of 750 MW and 650 MW coal-fired power plants in 2009, part of its Nikola Tesla (TNT) coal-fired power complex with an existing capacity of 3,300 MW. It had earlier put the construction cost of both plants at around 1.6 billion euros ($2.3 billion). No bidder has expressed interest in building the 650 MW capacity and EPS earlier said it might announce a new tender for the unit.[3]
Contact details
Website: http://www.eps.rs/english.htm
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ "Facilities for electric power generation" Elektroprivreda Srbije website, accessed July 2011.
- ↑ Misha Savic, "Edison Agrees With Serbian EPS to Complete Kolubara B Plant", Bloomberg, June 30, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Serbia EPS, Italy Edison in 750 MW coal-fired project" Reuters, June 30, 2011.