System stable, import of coal and electricity still needed

BELGRADE - The country's energy system is not in danger but Serbia will still have to import around 3 tons of coal for the needs of its thermal power plants and around 1 billion kWh of electricity for the forthcoming winter season, and certain oil quantities might be needed as well, officials stated at the session of the Association of Energy and Energy Mining Board of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS).

In the worst case scenario concerning Russian gas supplies with regard to the situation in Ukraine, Serbia will have to switch to oil fuels and import around 50 percent of necessary quantities, the Board members said during the session.

Chair of the Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) Management Board Aca Markovic specified that Serbia will have to import around 1.3 million tons of coal for the needs of Serbian thermal power plants, as well as around 1 billion kWh of electricity for the coming heating season.

The country's electric energy system is stable, Markovic underscored and added that the landfills of the Nikola Tesla thermal power plant currently contain around 1.5 million tons of coal, which is around 450,000 tons above the balance.

At the Djerdap hydropower plants, the flow of around 8,600 cubic metres of water per second is recorded on the Danube, which provides for daily electricity production of around 20 million kWh. This will ensure some 300 million kWh of electricity exports in November, Markovic said.

The repair of the blocs in thermal power plant Kolubara and Nikola Tesla thermal power plant in Obrenovac should be completed soon, as well as the repairs on the Djerdap 1 hydropower plant which should end on September 26, Markovic said.

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