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    Kosovo coal-fired power station B received 76 million euros in EU pollution control assistance

    • Last Update: 2023-01-02
    • Source: Internet
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    KEK, the Kosovo electricity company, said this week it would receive a €76 million grant through the EU's Preparatory Admission Auxiliary Mechanism (IPA) to finance projects
    aimed at reducing pollution from Kosovo's Type B coal-fired power plant.

    After the completion of the project, the Kosovo Type B coal-fired power plant will be operated in accordance with EU standards by 2021, KEK said, adding that the EU office in Kosovo is in the final stages
    of project preparation.

    Luigj Imeri, head of Kosovo's Type B coal-fired power plant, said implementation of the project is expected to begin
    within six months.

    Over the past decade, KEK has invested around 60 million euros
    in environmental improvement projects.

    About 98 percent of Kosovo's electricity comes from two old, inefficient and polluting lignite power plants, the Kosovo A and B coal-fired power plants
    .
    Kosovo's residents suffer from power shortages
    due to insufficient power generation, an aging power grid and theft.

    In May 2018, energy group ContourGlobal and the Kosovo government said GE had been selected as a priority bidder for the construction and long-term maintenance of the 500 MW Kosova e Re coal-fired power plant, which is expected to cost around €1.
    3 billion
    .

    KEK, the Kosovo electricity company, said this week it would receive a €76 million grant through the EU's Preparatory Admission Auxiliary Mechanism (IPA) to finance projects
    aimed at reducing pollution from Kosovo's Type B coal-fired power plant.

    Coal-fired power plants

    After the completion of the project, the Kosovo Type B coal-fired power plant will be operated in accordance with EU standards by 2021, KEK said, adding that the EU office in Kosovo is in the final stages
    of project preparation.

    Luigj Imeri, head of Kosovo's Type B coal-fired power plant, said implementation of the project is expected to begin
    within six months.

    Over the past decade, KEK has invested around 60 million euros
    in environmental improvement projects.

    About 98 percent of Kosovo's electricity comes from two old, inefficient and polluting lignite power plants, the Kosovo A and B coal-fired power plants
    .
    Kosovo's residents suffer from power shortages
    due to insufficient power generation, an aging power grid and theft.

    In May 2018, energy group ContourGlobal and the Kosovo government said GE had been selected as a priority bidder for the construction and long-term maintenance of the 500 MW Kosova e Re coal-fired power plant, which is expected to cost around €1.
    3 billion
    .

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