The European Environmental Agency announced that the Thermal Power Plant (TE) Pljevlja, with the used working hours in the last year, violated the international obligation to limit production to 20.000 hours, Green Home announced.
The non-governmental organization (NGO) said that the Agency, based on the report submitted by Montenegro, announced that TE used 7,19 thousand working hours last year.
"In 2018 and 2019, TE spent a little more than 13,8 thousand working hours, so, with these 7,19 thousand hours used, it officially violated the international obligation towards the Energy Community (EC)," the announcement states. .
TE undertook to limit production to 2018 working hours in the period from 2023 to the end of 20, and after that start the process of ecological reconstruction.
Green Home reminded that Elektroprivreda (EPCG) has meanwhile signed a contract on ecological reconstruction of Pljevlja Thermal Power Plant with the consortium of companies DEC International – Bemax – BB Solar – Permonte, headed by the Chinese company Dongfang.
Also, as they stated, the EC Secretariat and its director Janez Kopač announced that they will most likely initiate a misdemeanor procedure against the Montenegrin Government due to, as was suspected at the time, the used working hours of the Pljevlja Thermal Power Plant with outdated technology.
"Montenegro is currently negotiating with the European Union regarding obtaining new working hours. The question arises whether the Government really expects the European Union to grant new working hours to the Thermal Power Plant until the completion of the ecological reconstruction in 2023," the statement added.
In that NGO, they believe that it is necessary for the Government to pass a plan on further action in the case of the Pljevlja Thermal Power Plant and foresee all possible scenarios, because, as they claim, only the citizens of Montenegro will suffer the potential consequences.
"With ecological reconstruction and heating, we are not freeing ourselves from dependence on fossil fuels, but we are only postponing the now inevitable energy transition with continued pollution of the environment and the health of citizens. In this regard, the consensus of all actors is necessary in order to ensure a fair energy transition, the preservation of jobs in energy sector and comprehensive prosperity," the statement concludes.
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