Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) is a new regular member of the Renewable Energy Sources Association of Serbia, a business association established with the support of the EBRD, which brings together green energy producers and other companies that directly or indirectly participate in this process, the Association said.
Electricity from renewable energy sources accounts for about 30% of the total production of the Electric Power Industry of Serbia. On average, EPS’s hydroelectric power plants with a total capacity of 3,015 MW produce about 10.6 billion kilowatt-hours of “green” energy per year. With the completed revitalizations, the power of the hydro sector has increased by 142 megawatts, and after the completion of the planned projects, the power will be higher by a total of 190 megawatts.
The revitalization of its largest hydroelectric power plant Djerdap 1 is nearing completion, the modernization of HPP Zvornik has been completed, and the renovation of HPP Djerdap 2 is being prepared. EPS is working on projects on the rivers Ibar and Velika Morava. Special attention is paid to the regional project for the construction of the Gornja Drina system, ie the first hydroelectric power plant Buk Bijela, with a capacity of about 100 megawatts. The construction of HPP Buk Bijela, Foca and Paunci is worth 250 million euuros, and will have a capacity of about 181 megawatts and with a production of 670 GWh will bring green kilowatt-hours and increase the energy stability of Serbia, Republika Srpska and the region as a whole.
EPS is also developing documentation with Electric Power Industry of Montenegro for HPP Komarnica with a capacity of 162 megawatts. EPS is analyzing the construction of a new, reversible Bistrica hydropower plant with a capacity of about 670 megawatts, which would provide balancing capacities in the energy system for the connection of additional power plants that use renewable energy.
EPS did not ignore the wind and the sun. It’s working on a project to build a wind farm in closed mines and landfills in Kostolac, with a capacity of 66 megawatts. Land will be used on old landfills, mine edges and ash dumps and for the construction of solar power plants the Petka solar power plants and the Middle Kostolac Island in Kostolac are being prepared. The plan is that by 2030, EPS has new solar capacities of 240 megawatts and new wind capacities of 100 megawatts.
– The decision to join EPS in RES Serbia is very important – for us as an Association, but also for the entire power system and society as a whole. This is one message that EPS, as the largest company, is oriented towards renewable energy sources. As an Association, as representatives of companies and as individuals, we have many years of good cooperation with EPS, and this membership will further improve that relationship. EPS is the largest producer of green energy and we should all be aware that only with the active role of EPS can a fair energy transition take place – said Danijela Isailovic, manager of the Association of RES Serbia.
RES Serbia is a business association founded in March this year with the support of the EBRD. The founders are the companies that built the largest wind farms in Serbia, and they were joined by producers of solar energy, pellets, biogas plants, electricity companies, lawyers and consultants, eKapija reports.
