PODGORICA (Montenegro), October 22 (SeeNews) – Montenegro's Pljevlja coal-fired thermal power plant's electricity output exceeded the plan by 10% in the first nine months of 2020, state-run power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) [MNG:EPCG] said.
Pljevlja TPP produced 1.034 million MWh of electricity in the period under review, EPCG said in a statement on Wednesday.
Montenegro's government said in December it plans to complete Pljevlja's modernisation by 2021 in order to avoid closure of the power plant.
The TPP has operated for 14,812 hours out of a total 20,000 allowed under the opt-out clause of the Large Combustion Plants Directive and its expected closure date, calculated based on the extrapolation of the average usage ratio in 2018 and 2019, is November 2020, the Energy Community said in July.