The Serbian authorities is on the lookout for a strategic accomplice to develop at the least 5 PV crops with a cumulative capability of 1 GW/1.2 GWh and at the least 200 MW/400 MWh battery vitality storage. The state electrical energy firm Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) will personal and function the photo voltaic initiatives and batteries.
The Serbian authorities is on the lookout for a strategic accomplice to construct at the least 5 utility-scale photo voltaic farms mixed with battery vitality storage methods, because it facilitates the nation’s vitality transition and reduces dependence on vitality imports.
The strategic accomplice is predicted to provide 1 GW/1.2 GWh of photo voltaic and at the least 200 MW/400 MWh of co-located battery vitality storage methods. In line with a authorities resolution, the state-owned utility EPS will act because the proprietor and investor of the venture.
The accomplice should select the areas for the development of the amenities, along with making ready all the mandatory documentation and buying tools. Specifies that single-axis trackers needs to be used.
The accomplice will function the photo voltaic crops and batteries for 2 years and through that point, is predicted to supply O&M coaching to the EPS workforce. After a two-year interval, the amenities will likely be solely owned and operated by EPS, which beforehand outlined plans to decommission about 1 GW of thermal energy crops within the 2025-35 interval.
The photo voltaic and battery amenities will likely be delivered inside 4 to 5 years, whereas the strategic accomplice contract will cowl a interval of six to seven years. The federal government shaped a working group to prepare the tender, choose the profitable bids, and negotiate with the chosen strategic accomplice.
In line with the Affiliation of Renewable Vitality Sources in Serbia, the nation has put in about 50 MW of photo voltaic. Nonetheless, that quantity isn’t precise, as there isn’t any official register at this stage. In April, Serbia commissioned its largest photo voltaic plant, the 9.9 MW DeLasol PV venture in Lapovo, central Serbia.
Serbia now goals to deploy 8.3 GW of PV by 2024, in accordance with a draft plan launched by the federal government final yr. In line with the draft, utility-scale PV initiatives may very well be constructed on 200,000 hectares of uncared for, low-value agricultural land that might host 2 GW of photo voltaic.
The doc additionally stipulates the development of about 300 MW of PV crops, value €200 million ($219.6 million) on land owned by EPS – primarily on its coal ash dumps. A lot of the photo voltaic capability deliberate below the 2022-24 draft ought to come from rooftop PV.
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