The Spatial Plan for the Special Purpose Area of the Panonian Corridor (for electricity transmission) will be developed by the Institute for Architecture and Urbanism of Serbia, with a contract value of approximately 32 million dinars. The tender for this project, announced by Elektromreža Srbije in early December, also received bids from Bauprojekt doo and CEP doo from Belgrade.
The decision to create this plan was adopted by the Government of Serbia, which determined that the approximate boundaries of the special-purpose area include parts of the territories of the cities of Belgrade (Zemun Municipality), Sremska Mitrovica, Novi Sad, Sombor, Subotica, as well as the municipalities of Pećinci, Ruma, Irig, Temerin, Vrbas, Srbobran, Kula, and Kanjiža.
The planning concept for the use, development, and protection of the planned area is based on ensuring conditions that will contribute to increasing the available transmission capacity on the border between Serbia and Hungary. It will allow the connection of large renewable energy sources in the Bačka and Southern Banat regions, enable the distribution of produced energy to the rest of Serbia, aid in the integration of the electricity market, and reduce marginal price differences in Southeast Europe. This will lead to a reduction in the load on the 110 kV transmission network in the Bačka region, resulting in reduced system losses. It will also help reduce harmful gas emissions by facilitating the connection of large renewable energy sources.
The development of the Spatial Plan will create the necessary foundation for direct implementation through the issuance of location conditions in accordance with the law, according to the decision. The details of the Panonian Corridor are as follows:
- New 2×400 kV transmission line between TS Subotica 3 and the Serbia-Hungary border (TS Šandorfalva), approximately 28 km long (with the reconstruction of the 400 kV fields at TS Subotica 3 and the expansion of the station by five fields);
- New 2×400 kV transmission line between TS Sombor 3 and TS Novi Sad 3, approximately 80 km long (with the extension of 400 kV transmission line fields at TS Sombor 3 and TS Novi Sad 3);
- New 2×400 kV transmission line between TS Sremska Mitrovica 2 and TS Belgrade 50, approximately 60 km long (with the extension of 400 kV transmission line fields at TS Sremska Mitrovica 2 and the equipping of 400 kV fields at TS Belgrade 50).
The total length of the Panonian Corridor will be around 150 kilometers, from Zemun to Kanjiža, at the Serbian-Hungarian border.
As a reminder, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić previously stated that the electricity transmission corridor with Hungary should be completed by the end of 2028. However, this date is planned for the commissioning of only the first, shortest section of the Panonian Corridor, as noted on EMS’s website, which states that the corridor will be developed in four sections. EMS mentions that the first section of this project, which includes the construction of a new 400 kV interconnection line between Serbia (TS Subotica 3) and Hungary (TS Šandorfalva), will have a line length of just under 30 km on the Serbian side. This section is expected to be completed and commissioned by 2028, while the entire corridor should be finished by 2030.
The project is valued at approximately 108 million EUR.
