Serbian Electrical Company EPS begins construction of a new power unit in TPP Kostolac

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State-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) expects the construction of a third unit in Kostolac B coal-fired power plant to start next spring, the company's managing director Milorad Grcic said.The construction of the unit is a very complex process consisting of 14 phases, with total investment projected at 677 million euro, learned BalkanEngineer.com from the public broadcaster Radio Televizija Srbije (RTS).

The project for the construction of a 350 MW unit was officially launched on January 4 when EPS made an advance payment to the contractor, Chinese company CMEC, in accordance with a deal signed previously.

The 700 MW Kostolac B is part of thermal power and coal mining group TE-KO Kostolac, located on the Danube river, in eastern Serbia.

Source of the pictures: TE-KO Kostolac