Elektroprivreda Srbije intends using the proceeds of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a project to rehabilitate seventeen small hydro power plants (SHPPs) in Serbia, with a combined capacity of 17,8 MW, together with the construction of nine new small hydro power plants on existing dams, with a combined capacity of 14,7 MW (the Project). The proposed project, which has a total estimated cost of EUR 53.5 million equivalent, will require the procurement of the following goods, works and services:
· Owner’s Engineering services, including design, procurement and supervision;
· Extensive civil works, including access roads, powerhouse, penstock, intakes and Channels, rehabilitation works of existing facilities;
· Supply of turbines and associated electromechanical equipment, gates, electrical protection and remote control systems.
Tendering for the above contract is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2011.
Source balkans.com