Štavalj Power Station

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The Štavalj Power Station is a proposed 350-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Štavalj , Serbia, 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Belgrade.

Location

The map below shows the approximate location of the coal plant in Štavalj , 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Belgrade.

Background

Śtavalj Power Station would be fueled by the Štavalj lignite coal deposit, estimated by the Serbia Ministry of Mining and Energy to have 70 million tonnes of coal reserves, sufficient to fuel the plant for 40 years. A pre-feasibility study has been developed for evaluating a new underground coal mine and thermal power plant complex, with the mine having a planned mining rate of 2.3 million tonnes per year of coal.[1]

On May 9, 2012, Serbia's state-run power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) and Alta AS, a Czech engineering and energy company, signed a letter of intent to develop the plant and mine. The 500 million euro ($650 million) plant will take three to five years to complete, and will start after technical and financial details are agreed on. Financing will come from a “consortium of banks,” according to Alta. Serbia plans to become a net exporter of electricity by 2015.[2]

Project Details

  • Sponsor: Elektroprivreda Srbije
  • Parent company:
  • Developer: Alta AS
  • Location: Štavalj , Zlatibor, Serbia
  • Coordinates: 43.27305,19.99944 (approximate)
  • Status: Announced
  • Capacity: 350 MW
  • Type:
  • Start date: 2018
  • Coal Type: Lignite
  • Coal Source: Śtavalj lignite coal deposit
  • Source of financing:

Articles and Resources

Sources

  1. "New 'Štavalj' coal mine and thermal power plant," Thermal Science 2009 Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages: 165-174.
  2. Misha Savic, "Serbia, Alta to Construct 500 Million Euro Thermal Power Plant," Bloomberg, May 9, 2012.

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