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

oštanj 4 unit of 275 MW has been phased out after being in operationin since 1973. Šoštanj location now has two operating units left - unit 5 and 6.. Source: Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija #Slovenia #TPP #Šoštanj

As reported by Macedonian state owned utility AD ELEM, TPP Oslomej is to be shut down. ELEM board's decision to phase out the 125 MW unit follows years of stalled production and a string of issues the unit encountered. As previously noted, ELEM plans to build a 10 MW solar power plant on the location of the former lignite mine near the unit.. Source: AD ELEM #ELEM #Macedonia #Oslomej #TPP

Romanian state owned utility Romgaz received first parts (three of the plant’s four gas turbines and two power generators) for its 430 MW gas power plant of Iernut. Project contrators are Spanish Duro Felguera and Romanian Romelectro working on a construction estimated to cost around €268 million. The project is financed from the company’s own resources with the aid of the National Investment Plan. Most construction works are to be finished during the course of 2018, while th

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

Coal based TPP Gacko of 300 MW is planned to be replaced with a new unit of 350 MW nameplate capacity. China Machinery Engineering Company and Emerging Markets Power Fund will partner up with Serb Republic to form a joint venture in order to materialise the potential investment estimated at over €800 million. The project, however, faces considerable opposition with a number of pundits questioning its feasibility and voicing concerns about the unit's potential environmental im

In an effort to comply with the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), Croatian utility HEP issued a request for amendments to the Decree on Integrated Environmental Protection Requirements for the Plomin 1 power plant to the Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy. Plomin 1 is a coal fired power plant built in 1969 with a nameplate capacity 115 MW. Source: Energetika #Croatia #HEP #TPP #Plomin

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

Croatian based utility HEP issued a public invitation for the expressions of interest for a Client's Engineer to help with the EL-TO Zagreb project - the construction of 150 MW combined cycle cogeneration unit with a heating capacity of 114 MWth. Consultancy contract is estimated at €2 million with funding provided by EBRD. The start should occur in the second half of 2018 and should last for a period of 38 months. HEP stated that a tender was held for the construction and pu

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