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===Proposed coal-fired power station=====[[Kolubara B power station]]===
==Coal mines==
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-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>
An EPS subsidiary, [[MB Kolubara]] plc, operates four coal mines -- 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 subsidiary, [[OPM Kostolac]], currently three open-pit mines -- the [[Drmno mine]], the [[Cirikovac mine]] and the [[Klenovnik mine]] -- which supply the Kostolac A and B power plants.<ref>Elektroprivreda Srbije, [http://www.eps.rs/onama/opm_kostolac.htm "About Us: Basic Data: Facilities for coal production, processing and transport OPM "Kostolac""], Elektroprivreda Srbije website, accessed July 2011.</ref>
==Coal expansion deals with China==
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{{Stub}}{{#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>
==Coal mines==
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-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>
An EPS subsidiary, [[MB Kolubara]] plc, operates four coal mines -- 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 subsidiary, [[OPM Kostolac]], currently three open-pit mines -- the [[Drmno mine]], the [[Cirikovac mine]] and the [[Klenovnik mine]] -- which supply the Kostolac A and B power plants.<ref>Elektroprivreda Srbije, [http://www.eps.rs/onama/opm_kostolac.htm "About Us: Basic Data: Facilities for coal production, processing and transport OPM "Kostolac""], Elektroprivreda Srbije website, accessed July 2011.</ref>
==Coal-fired power stations==
* 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>
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"/>
===[[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.
