Kosovo and coal
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With funding from the World Bank, Kosovo is currently embarking on a power sector strategy that involves closing five outdated generations units by 2015, cleaning up poorly managed ash dumps produced by those units, and building a new lignite mine and associated generating plant.[1]
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Coal and power companies
Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK) is the sole power corporation in the Republic of Kosova. KEK is vertically integrated and was legally incorporated in 2005. KEK was part of the Yugoslavia power system, and focused in production of energy from coal, with power supplied from plants outside of Kosovo. By the late 1990s, the core business of the Corporation became the production of coal and energy in Kosovo, through two open-cast coal mines - the Mirash mine and Bardh mine - and two power plants, PP “Kosova A” and PP "Kosova B”, which cover the territory of Kosovo. There are approximately 400,000 customers and 8,000 employees in different sectors.[2]
Coal Mining Operations
Sobovc Coal Mine
Sibovc Coal Mine is located in Obilić, near Pristina.
Mirash and Bardh Coal Mines
The Mirash and Bardh open-cast coal mines are lignite coal mines in Kosovo operated by the Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK).[2]
Existing coal-fired power stations
Kosova A
This plant, located several miles northwest of Pristina, is operated by Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK). It uses coal from the Mirash coal mine.
Proposal for the New Kosovo power plant
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ Cleaning Up Kosovo’s Dangerous ‘Black Spot’, World Bank, accessed May 13, 2011
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 "About KEK" Kosovo Energy Corporation website, accessed May 2011.
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External Articles
Background information
- European Environment Agency, European Pollutant Emission Register. (This has a list of power stations and their current emissions).
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