Serbia's EPS revives its first solar project

• Serbia's power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has determined to revive its first solar project. It is imagined with a capacity of 9.95 MW.

The choice to duplicate a call for the building and construction of the Petka solar energy plant is yet an additional evidence that Elektroprivreda Srbije is on the roadway to recovery. The first tender for the building of a photovoltaic center was launched in January 2022, however it was canceled a couple of months later.

Back then EPS claimed there are no funds available for the financial investment.

The cancellation was not much of a surprise, because at the start of last year EPS remained in a very tight spot. In December 2021, a serial breakdown in its coal, and also power manufacturing centers compelled it to import a big amount of energy. EPS lost EUR 628 million in 2022.

The project was terminated as a result of an absence of funds

Nonetheless, Miroslav Tomašević changed Milorad Grčić in March as acting supervisor as well as the circumstance slowly improved. The business announced in January that it was no more based on power imports. It gained EUR 55 million from power exports from the get go of the year.

EPS said in a brand-new public require contractors that the photovoltaic or pv center would certainly be set up at the exterior tailings dump of the Ćirikovac coal mine near a settlement called Petka. The dumpsite where it will certainly lie is 2.2 kilometers long as well as 1.2 kilometers broad, with an optimum height of 60 meters.

EPS opted to establish fixed photovoltaic panels

The area is close to thermal power plants Kostolac An and B, which have 1,000 MW in combined capacity.

The project envisages the setup of an overall of 18,720 PV modules with a private capacity of 580 W as well as a minimal effectiveness of 21%.

The target date for quotes is May 20, according to the tender paperwork.

EPS selected fixed panels, without automated rotation. Manual modification of the panels is not imagined, the company stated.