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42 MW Alibunar wind farm starts operation in Serbia

42 MW Alibunar wind farm starts operation in Serbia

Belgian developer Elicio completed the construction of a 42 MW wind farm in close vicinity of the Serbian capital, Belgrade. The farm consists of 21 turbines, 2 MW each. Turbines are provided by the German supplier Senvion. Investment costs are reported at €80 million. Alibunar will be the third wind farm to start production in Serbia. It is part of Serbia’s ambitious plans of increasing the share of renewable energy sources in its generation mix. Large scale deployment of wi

158 MW wind farm project Čibuk 1 near completion

158 MW wind farm project Čibuk 1 near completion

As reported by GE Renewable Energy, the 158 MW wind farm project in Serbia, Čibuk 1, is near completion. Having assembled 52 out of 57 wind turbines, the wind farm should be able to start production by the end of the year. The €300 million project is owned by a joint venture between Masdar (60%, UAE), Taaleri Energia (30%, Finland) and DEG (10%, German based KfW Group). Source: Balkan Green Energy News #Serbia #wind

TPP Kolubara to expand its lignite mine

TPP Kolubara to expand its lignite mine

Serbian state-owned utility EPS is in the process of creating conditions for the opening of a new lignite mine near the Kolubara thermal power plant. As part of this process, Kolubara River has been redirected into a newly constructed basin. As reported by EPS, lignite production in Kolubara is of strategic importance for Serbia. Providing about 30 million tons of lignite annually is a complex technological process requiring constant relocation of entire settlements, infrastr

Vestas to deliver 20 wind turbines in Serbia

Vestas to deliver 20 wind turbines in Serbia

Danish based Vestas will deliver 20 wind turbines, each of 3.45 MW, to Fintel Energija (a subsidiary of Italian based Fintel Energia Group SpA) for the wind farm of Košava 1. Construction of the farm, estimated to cost €117 million, is already in progress. Fintel announced plans to raise capital for the second phase of the project by offering 20-40% of shares of Fintel Energija through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Belgrade stock exchange. Košava phase 2 is envision

EPS still without competition in Serbia

EPS still without competition in Serbia

Despite the market for electricity in Serbia being completely liberalised for more than three years, Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) maintains the monopoly in selling electricity household buyers. Serbian Government continues its social policy over current electricity prices to help ease the difficult economic situation in the country. This is why electricity prices in Serbia are considerably lower when compared to other countries of the region and Europe. Source: Poslovni dnevn

Ansaldo to supply equipment for 200 MW cogeneration in Serbia

Ansaldo to supply equipment for 200 MW cogeneration in Serbia

Italian based Ansaldo Energia S.p.A . Is to provide turbines and generators for the 200 MW combined cycle cogeneration unit of Pančevo, Serbia. TE-TO Pančevo is a joint venture between Centroenergoholding (owned by Russian Gazprom) and Serbian based oil company Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS). The contract is worth €42 million.. Source: Power Engineering International #AnsaldoEnergia #Serbia #cogeneration #TETOPančevo #Gazprom #TPP

Alibunar wind farm edges closer to commercial operation

Financial construction closed on Kovačica wind farm project

Financial construction closed on Kovačica wind farm project

Kovačica wind farm project of 104.5 MW planned overall installed capacity initiated by the Israeli based Enlight Renewable Energy successfully closed its financial construction. SVP Electrawinds K-Wind has provided 142 million euros for the project implementation. Funding for €142 million is to be provided by Erste Group Bank AG (supported by the German Export Credit Agency Euler-Hermes), Erste Bank Serbia, and the EBRD.. Source: Balkan Green Energy News #Kovačica #wind #Serb

GE to supply 38 wind turbines in Serbia

GE to supply 38 wind turbines in Serbia

General Electric Renewable Energy will deliver 38 wind turbines for the Serbian based wind farm of Kovačica after reaching an agreement with Enlight Renewable Energy. The new wind farm will have 105 MW installed capacity with 38 wind turbines of 110 m height each. GE also agreed to provide O&M services for the unit during the period of next 15 years. GE Renewable Energy recently announced that it will also deliver wind turbines for Čibuk 1, a wind farm aimed to become the lar

EPS to start investing in wind

EPS to start investing in wind

Serbian state utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) and the German development bank KfW signed a loan agreement worth 80 million in order to provide funding for the construction of a 66 MW wind farm project in Kostolac. THe proposed project is to be the first wind power plant of the EPS generation portfolio, dominated by coal-fired power plants. Overall investment cost is estimated at 97 million euros with the start of construction planned in 2019. The unit is to be built on t

Construction starts at TPP Kostolac

Construction starts at TPP Kostolac

Chinese based China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) laid the foundation stone for the construction of a new third unit in the Kostolac thermal power plant. Estimated investment is valued at just over €523 million and should yield a unit of 350 MW of installed capacity with an expected annual production of approximately 2.5 TWh. Source: SEE News #Serbia #TPP #Kostolac

Kostolac B3 receives funding

Kostolac B3 receives funding

Kostolac B3, 350 MW coal fired power plant, closed its financial construction as Export-Import Bank of China agreed to provide 85% of the required financing with a debt repayment term of 20 years. The project regards the construction of a third unit at the Kostolac B site with an estimated investment cost of €522 million. At present, the energy-mining complex of TE-TO Kostolac has two power plants, the 310 MW Kostolac A, and the 700 MW Kostolac B. Units 1 and 2 of Kostolac B

140 MW TPP Pančevo project receives two EPC bids

Mitsubishi Hitachi awarded FGD in Tesla

Mitsubishi Hitachi awarded FGD in Tesla

Two flue gas desulphurisation system are to be installed in the Nikola Tesla A power plant reducing SO2 and prticulate emissions in an effort to comply with EU environmental standards. Each has a capacity of 650 MW and the pair will be appled on blocks 3-6. Systems are planned to commence with operation by mid-2021. Nikola Tesla A unit is owned by Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) and has an overall capacity of just over 1,700 MW. This should be the first FGD system to be applied

Serbian EPS announces ambitious investment plans

Serbian main utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) announced an investment plan by year 2025 of over €550 million in an effort to modernise its existing generation portfolio and raise its output capacity. Planned additional capacity to the existing 3,000 MW hydropower portfolio is over 160 MW during the designated period. The plan is aimed to support the Serbian government's efforts to align the power sector with EU policies. Source: Hydro World, SEE News #energypolicy #Serbia

Kostolac B desuphurisation unit completed

China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) finished installing the flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) unit at the Kostolac B power plant in a project worth over €113 million. TPP Kostolac B has two units of 320 MW net output each and is owned and operated bt Serbian utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS). The installment process began in May 2014 and is part of a project to modernise EPS's coal fleet. Source: SEE News #Serbia #EPS #TPP

GE to finish revitalisation of Nikola Tesla

General Electric (GE) Power Services released a statement regarding its plans to complete the modernisation of the Nikola Tesla thermal power plant during 2017. The project involves steam turbine retrofitting (expected completion by May), equipment upgrade with special regard to the WT23S-106 generator unit (expected completion by October) and turbine control system. Steam turbine retrofit will extend the operating lifetime by 100,000 hours and increase capacity by 24 MW. TPP

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