In addition to higher power, better efficiency and longer service life,
with the rehabilitation of hydro power plants so far, Elektroprivreda
Srbije has
gained about 200 million new kilowatt-hours per year. That is why EPS plans to
continue the modernization of hydro power sector and is preparing the rehabilitation
of four hydro power plants – Vlasinske HPPs, Bistrica, Potpeć and Đerdap 2 –
said Dragan Stanković, Director of the Department for Maintenance and
Investment in HPPs and RES in EPS.
At the panel discussion “The Role of EPS in the Green Energy Transition
of Serbia”, organized by the portal “Energy of the Balkans” within 19th
International Energy Fair, he pointed out that the adoption of the Spatial Plan
for the project of construction of Bistrica PSHPP was nearing completion, and
that there were no objections from the neighbouring countries regarding the
Espoo Convention.
- Negotiations with the Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA, on
financing are underway and we are preparing to start developing the project in
2026 – said Stanković.
Predrag Đorđević, Kostolac Wind Farm Construction Project Manager,
emphasized that, within the 66 MW Kostolac Wind Farm Project,
access roads were built and foundations for towers are currently being poured.
Works on the construction of a substation and a switchyard, as well as on the
internal cable network, are underway. The wind farm is expected to be in the grid
in October 2025.
- The completion of the construction of Petka solar power plant,
according to the contract, is expected in February, followed by the takeover –
said Jovan Tošić, of the Petka Solar Power Plant Project Manager. – The structure
has arrived, the assembly is being done intensively, all modules, inverters and
the substation are in the field.
Miloš Colić, Director of the Company New Energy Solutions and Chairman
of the Board of Directors of RES Serbia, pointed out that this Association and
EPS share the same values and are going in the same direction.
- EPS has an engine, and we have a paddle that helps make our country
greener and reduce our carbon footprint. EPS was the pivot in both large waves
of RES investments and signed contracts with all power plants that obtained
feed-in tariffs. All power plants that won the auctions also signed contracts
with EPS. The management of Elektroprivreda Srbije wants more green energy and
has created good conditions for the winners of the auctions," Colić said.
