Kosovo B Power Station Termocentrali "Kosova B" | |
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Country | Kosovo |
Location | Obiliq |
Coordinates | 42°41′44″N 21°3′0″E / 42.69556°N 21.05000°E |
Status | Operational |
Commission date | 1983 |
Owner(s) | Kosovo Energy Corporation |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Lignite |
Power generation | |
Nameplate capacity | 680 MW |
External links | |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
Kosovo B Power Station is the largest power station in Obiliq, Kosovo. It is a lignite-fired consisting of 2 units with 340 MW generation capacity, which share a 183 metres (600 ft) tall chimney with 6.8 metres diameter at the top.
History
Kosovo B Power Station was opened in 1983. It was operated by EPS Surface Mining Kosovo and EPS TPP Kosovo until the end of Kosovo War. After UNMIK administration was established in Kosovo on 1 July 1999, Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) lost its access to the local coal mines and power plants, including Kosovo A and Kosovo B power plants.[1]
Since then, it is operated by Kosovo Energy Corporation (Albanian: Korporata Energjetike e Kosovës (KEK)).
It’s the second most polluting Power Plant in the Kosovo after the Kosovo A Power Plant.
See also
References
- ↑ "About Us". eps.rs. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
External links