Kolubara A power station
Kolubara A power station is a 206-megawatt coal-fired power station in Beograd, Serbia. It consisted of four units of 32 MW and one of 110 MW, commissioned from 1956 to 1979. Unit 4 (32 MW) was retired in 2009. It is owned and operated by Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS), a government-owned utility.[1]
Location
The plant is located in the village Veliki Crljeni.
Coal supply
Coal for the plant is supplied by an EPS subsidiary, MB Kolubara plc, which operates four coal mines -- the Polje B mine, the Polje D mine, the Tamnava Istok mine and the Tamnava Zapad mine.[2]
Through the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022, Serbia faced issues with poor quality coal. Imported coal was necessary to keep the grid operating.[3]
Proposed coal phase out
In 2021, state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) said that in line with the obligations set out in the Energy Community Treaty and in line with the National Emissions Reduction Plan (NERP), Kolubara A may terminate production after 2023. EPS announced a tender in May 2021 for a study on the construction of solar power plants on the ash dumps of Morava power station and Kolubara A power station.[4]
Reporting as of January 2022 cited the possibility of decommissioning the plant partially or fully in 2022 and 2023.[5]
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ Elektroprivreda Srbije, "Facilities for electric power generation: Facilities for electric power generation: Thermal Power Plants Nikola Tesla - TPP "Kolubara" plc", Elektroprivreda Srbije website, accessed July 2011
- ↑ Elektroprivreda Srbije, "About Us: Basic Data: Economic Assosiation for Coal Production, processing and Transport MB Kolubara plc", Elektroprivreda Srbije website, accessed July 2011.
- ↑ "EPS će rekonstruisati TENT B2 tek 2025, a projekat za blokove A1 i A2 na ledu", Balkan Green Energy News, April 27, 2022
- ↑ "EPS to convert coal-fired power plant Morava to natural gas," Balkan Green Energy News, December 13, 2021
- ↑ "RERI – Razbijanje mita: hronologija upotrebe uglja u Srbiji," Energetski Portal, January 2, 2022