Glinica power station

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Glinica power station is a cancelled power station in Glinica, FBIH, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is also known as Aluminij-Mostar.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Glinica power station Glinica, FBIH, Bosnia and Herzegovina 43.333, 17.8 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 cancelled coal - lignite 500 unknown

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 Aluminij Industries doo (Aluminij ) [50.0%], Elektroprivreda HZHB Mostar dd (EP HZHB) [50.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): aluminum
  • Captive industry: Power

Background

Aluminium producer Aluminij is Bosnia-Herzegovina’s largest power consumer. As of 2013, the company received a positive response from Bosnian Croat power utility Elekltroprivreda HZHB to form a partnership to build a 500-MW coal-fired plant at the site of its smelter plant in Glinica, at an estimated cost of €1 billion ($1.27 billion). Aluminij intended to purchase almost half the planned plant’s production, with the remaining output available for sale domestically and regionally. In a statement issued by the company, general director Nikola Kresic stated, "We badly need around 100 MW of ‘safe’ energy that does not depend on the whims of nature, such as drought, snow and other factors. A press report also cited the company's unwillingness "to become hostage to Russian gas supplies coming through a pipeline via Republika Srpska and Serbia.[1]

As of 2014 project sponsor Aluminij Mostar was in financial difficulties and it was unlikely that the project would proceed.[2]

In April 2023, Bosnia and Herzegovina announced a draft national energy plan until 2030 that foresees no new coal-fired plants.[3]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. "EPHZHB support for Aluminij plant,", Energy in East Europe (newsletter), February 22, 2013
  2. "Bosnia's Aluminij again risks closure over debt to utility,", Reuters, April 4, 2014
  3. "BiH's NECP: coal power plants to be shut, 2 GW of renewables installed". balkangreenenergynews.com. April 28, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Additional data

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