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The two lignite mining fields in In October 2012 it was reported that Serbia are plans to apply to a $10 billion fund that China earmarked for investments in the Kolubara 16 countries of central and Kostolac basinseastern Europe. The open cut mines in loan would be for the Kolubara basin produce approximately three$700 million project to add a new 350-quarters of megawatt plant in the lignite in Serbia and supply EPS's [[TPP Kolubara Power Plant]], [[TPP Nikola Tesla Power Plant]] Kostolac power generation complex and increase coal output at the [[TPP Morava Power PlantDrmno mine]]from 9 to to 12 million tons a year. Mines China Machinery Engineering is already involved in the an upgrade of two plants at Kostolac basin supply B, supported by a $344 million 20-year loan from the [[TPP Kostolac Power Plant]]Export-Import Bank of China, or Exim Bank.<ref>Elektroprivreda SrbijeMisha Savic, [http://www.epsbloomberg.rscom/news/onama2012-09-27/facilitiescoalserbia-will-seek-chinese-funding-to-expand-kostolac-power-plant.htm html "About Us: Basic Data: Facilities for coal productionSerbia Will Seek Chinese Funding to Expand Kostolac Power Plant, processing and transport "]Bloomberg, Elektroprivreda Srbije websiteSep 27, accessed July 20112012.</ref>
An EPS subsidiary, ===[[MB KolubaraStavalj Power Station]] plc, operates four coal mines -- the ===The [[Polje B mineStavalj Power Station]]is a proposed 350MW coal-fired power station in Stavalj, Serbia, 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Belgrade. The station would be fueled by the [[Polje D mine]]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 [[Tamnava Istok 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 [[Tamnava Zapad mine]]having a planned mining rate of 2.3 million tonnes per year of coal.<ref>Elektroprivreda Srbije, [http://www.epsdoiserbia.nb.rs/onama/mb_kolubaraArticle.htm aspx?id=0354-98360901165C "About Us: Basic Data: Economic Assosiation for Coal ProductionNew 'Štavalj' coal mine and thermal power plant, processing and Transport MB Kolubara plc"]Thermal Science 2009 Volume 13, Elektroprivreda Srbije websiteIssue 1, accessed July 2011Pages: 165-174.</ref>
Another EPS subsidiaryOn May 9, [[OPM Kostolac]]2012, Serbia and Alta AS, a Czech engineering and energy company, currently three open-pit mines -- signed a letter of intent to develop the [[Drmno plant and mine]]. The 500 million euro ($650 million) plant will take three to five years to complete, the [[Cirikovac mine]] and the [[Klenovnik mine]] -- which supply the Kostolac A will start after technical and B power plantsfinancial 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.<ref>Elektroprivreda SrbijeMisha Savic, [http://www.epsbloomberg.rscom/onamanews/opm_kostolac2012-05-09/serbia-alta-to-construct-500-million-euro-thermal-power-plant.htm html "About Us: Basic Data: Facilities for coal productionSerbia, Alta to Construct 500 Million Euro Thermal Power Plant, processing and transport OPM "Kostolac""]Bloomberg, Elektroprivreda Srbije websiteMay 9, accessed July 20112012.</ref>
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{{Stub}}{{#Show 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.According to its website EPS owns and operates power stations with a total installed capacity of of 8,359 megawatts (MW). Of this, 5,171 MW is from lignite-fired thermal power plants, 353 from gas and liquid fuel-fired combined heat and power plants and 2,835 from hydro power plants.<ref>Elektroprivreda Srbije, [http://www.eps.rs/onama/basicdata.htm "About Us: Basic Data"], EPS website, accessed July 2011.</ref>
==Coalmines== The two lignite mining fields in Serbia are in the Kolubara and Kostolac basins. The open cut mines in the Kolubara basin produce approximately three-fired quarters of the lignite in Serbia and supply EPS's [[TPP Kolubara Power Plant]], [[TPP Nikola Tesla Power Plant]] and the [[TPP Morava Power Plant]]. Mines in the Kostolac basin supply the [[TPP Kostolac Power Plant]].<ref>Elektroprivreda Srbije, [http://www.eps.rs/onama/facilitiescoal.htm "About Us: Basic Data: Facilities for coal production, processing and transport "], Elektroprivreda Srbije website, accessed July 2011.</ref> EPS states that the coal mines associated with power stations==in Serbia have a "potential annual production of around 38 million tons."<ref>Elektroprivreda Srbije, [http://www.eps.rs/onama/basicdata.htm "About Us: Basic Data"], Elektroprivreda Srbije website, accessed July 2011.</ref> ===Existing An EPS subsidiary, [[MB Kolubara]] plc, operates four coalmines --fired power stations===the [[Polje B mine]], the [[Polje D mine]], the [[Tamnava Istok mine]] and the [[Tamnava Zapad mine]].<ref>Elektroprivreda Srbije, [http://www.eps.rs/onama/mb_kolubara.htm "About Us: Basic Data: Economic Assosiation for Coal Production, processing and Transport MB Kolubara plc"], Elektroprivreda Srbije website, accessed July 2011.</ref>
Another EPS owns and operates that subsidiary, [[TPP Nikola Tesla Power PlantOPM Kostolac]], a 3,300 MW coalcurrently three open-pit mines --fired power station located approximately 40 kilometers upstream from Belgrade, near the town of Obrenova. By far the largest coal plant in [[Serbia and coal|SerbiaDrmno mine]], the complex provides approximately 47 percent of [[Cirikovac mine]] and the total capacity of [[Klenovnik mine]] -- which supply the electric Kostolac A and B power system of Serbia. The complex and two of its plants are named in honor of Nikola Tesla, a Serbian electrical engineer and inventor.<ref name=eps>Elektroprivreda Srbije, [http://www.eps.rs/onama/tpp_nteslaopm_kostolac.htm "About Us: Basic Data: Facilities for electric power generationcoal production, processing and transport OPM "Kostolac""] , Elektroprivreda Srbije website, accessed July 2011.</ref>
===Proposed Existing coal-fired power station=stations==
EPS owns and operates, via subsidiaries, the following coal-fired power stations:
* [[TPP Nikola Tesla Power Plant]], a 2,662 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 and coal|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.<ref name=eps>[http://www.eps.rs/onama/tpp_ntesla.htm "Facilities for electric power generation"] Elektroprivreda Srbije website, accessed July 2011.</ref>
* [[TPP Kolubara Power Plant]], a 245 megawatt coal which is located in the village Veliki Crljeni;<ref>Elektroprivreda Srbije, [http://www.eps.rs/onama/tpp_kolubara.htm "Facilities for electric power generation: Facilities for electric power generation: Thermal Power Plants Nikola Tesla - TPP "Kolubara" plc"], Elektroprivreda Srbije website, accessed July 2011.</ref> and
* [[TPP Morava Power Plant]], a 108 megawatt lignite fired power station which is located on the right bank of the river Velika Morava near the town of Svilajnac.<ref>Eurocoal, [http://www.euracoal.org/pages/layout1sp.php?idpage=78 "Serbia"], Eurocoal website, accessed July 2011.</ref>
* the [[TPP Kostolac Power Plant]], which comprises the 640 megawatt TPP Kostolac A plant and the 281 megawatt TPP Kostolac B. The TPP Kostolac A plant also produces heating energy for heating the cities of Kostolac and Pozarevac.<ref>Elektroprivreda Srbije, [http://www.eps.rs/onama/tpp_kostolac.htm "Facilities for electric power generation: Thermal Power Plants"], Elektroprivreda Srbije website, accessed July 2011.</ref>
==Proposed coal-fired power stations==
===[[Kolubara B power station]]===
EPS is also proposing to build the [[Kolubara B power station]], 750 megawatts station comprising two 325 MW generating units. <ref>Misha Savic, [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-30/edison-agrees-with-serbian-eps-to-complete-kolubara-b-plant-1-.html "Edison Agrees With Serbian EPS to Complete Kolubara B Plant"], ''Bloomberg'', June 30, 2011.</ref>
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.<ref name="Reuters"/>
==Coal mines=[[TPP Kostolac Power Plant]]===In 2009, China president Hu Jintao and Serbia president Boris Tadic signed a 15-year agreement for China to invest $1.25 billion in Serbia’s infrastructure and energy through [[OPM Kostolac]]. The deal is the latest in a series of energy projects agreed over the past two years with China, along with Russia, when Serbia faced international isolation in the 1990s. The initial plan was for a new power bloc to replace the two existing plants at the [[TPP Kostolac Power Plant]], with respective installed capacity of 100 megawatts and 200 megawatts. The plants were to be decommissioned in 2017 and 2024 and replaced with the new one, fueled by the [[Drmno mine]], which has around 350 million tons of remaining coal reserves, and the planned acquisition of the nearby Dubravica field, which contains around 400 million tons of recoverable coal reserves. The $700 million new power bloc was expected to produce 2.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year based on 7,000 operating hours, and would start generating power between 2014 and 2020.<ref name=gf>Gordana Filipovic, [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-01/serbian-mine-sees-chinese-vattenfall-agreements-for-upgrades.html "Serbian Mine Sees Chinese, Vattenfall Agreements for Upgrades"] Bloomberg, Nov 1, 2011.</ref>
===[[TPP Nikola Tesla Power Plant]]===On October 20, 2011, EPS states said it had signed a preliminary deal with a Chinese consortium to jointly build a 744 megawatt coal-fired unit at an estimated cost of more than 2 billion euros ($2.7 billion). Under the deal, a consortium that includes [[China Environmental Energy Holdings]] and [[Shenzhen Energy]], and EPS, will form a joint venture for the future project in the coal mines associated with southwestern town of Obrenovac, part of its [[TPP Nikola Tesla Power Plant]] power stations in Serbia have a "potential annual production complex. An upgrade of around 38 million tonsthe Radeljevo coal mine will feed the plant."<ref>Elektroprivreda SrbijeMaja Zuvela, [http://www.epsreuters.rscom/article/2011/10/onama20/basicdata.htm us-serbia-china-power-idUSTRE79J6O420111020 "About Us: Basic DataSerbia, China sign deal for coal plant, mine"]Reuters, Elektroprivreda Srbije websiteOct. 20, accessed July 2011.</ref>
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