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Realisation of new electric energy projects announced

Belgrade, 31 January 2009

Minister of Energy and Mining Petar Skundric today announced that the Ministry will begin realising new projects in the field of electric energy, adding that there is considerable interest in the tender for the construction of Kolubara B power plant.

Petar Skundric

Author: Tanjug

In an interview to the Tanjug news agency, Skundric said he expects that twenty international electric energy companies will apply for the tender, specifying that the abovementioned projects imply the construction of thermal electric power plants, gas power plants and electric energy power plants which will produce energy from industrial waste and alternative energy sources.

He explained that gas plants will produce electricity and heating at the same time, announcing that the first such power plant will most likely be constructed in Novi Sad, the second in New Belgrade and maybe others in Nis and Kragujevac.

The advantages of these projects are their cost-efficiency and speedier realisation, he noted.

Each of these plants, producing both electricity and heating, can be constructed within two years, said the Minister, adding that talks are underway regarding the use of industrial and sewage waste for producing electricity and heating.

Skundric explained that instead of waste dumps we would have modern energy plants where waste would be turned into energy.

According to him, the side products, which would have a high carbon content, could be used for road construction. Thus waste-related environmental issues would be solved.

He added that only metal, glass and bones cannot be used in these power plants, noting that certain atypical ways related with alternative energy sources are being contemplated, such as production of methane from biomass.

Skundric recalled that the Ministry announced two tenders for strategic partners for the construction of Kolubara B thermal energy power plant with two sections of 350 MW each, as well as a tender for the thermal electric power plant Nikola Tesla B3 of 700 MW.

This is an investment worth around €2 billion, for which we will have to open up new lignite pits, said the Minister.

If we find strategic partners for the construction of gas power plants this year, within two years Serbia will have enough electricity for an even greater volume of industrial activity and maybe even for export, stressed Skundric.

This is why we must find other energy sources which will not contribute to the greenhouse effect or emit large quantities of harmful gasses, the Minister concluded.