January 23 (SeeNews) - Serbia plans to connect the 73 MW Kostolac wind farm, which is currently being built by state-owned energy producer Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS), to the grid in early 2025, energy minister Dubravka Djedovic-Handanovic said.
The preparation of the land for the installation of the wind turbines is in progress and most of the work on the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2024, Djedovic-Handanovic said in a statement on the government's website on Monday.
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EPS launched the project in May 2022, with a kick-off meeting with representatives of Germany-headquartered Siemens Gamesa, contracted to deliver and install 20 turbines in Kostolac, north-eastern Serbia. The facilities will spread on the Drmno, Petka, Cirikovac and Klenovnik locations at the mined-out areas and landfills of EPS' Kostolac thermal power plant and coal basin complex.
Back in May 2022, EPS said that the value of the project was 114 million euro ($124 million), supported by an 80 million euro loan from German development bank KfW.
According to earlier estimates, the Kostolac wind farm is expected to generate some 115 kWh of electricity annually, enough to meet the needs of 30,000 households, EPS has said.
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