The reconstruction of the Pljevlja Thermal Power Plant would not cost 54 million euros, as agreed, but 80 to 100 million euros, and even then the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) would not be reduced to the parameters required by the EU. The current production price of a megawatt from TE is between 45 and 50 euros per megawatt, with the payment of credits (penalties) for the emission of CO2 gas, at current prices a megawatt would cost 110 to 112 euros, and in the coming years it will rise to 150 euros per megawatt, he said. was yesterday the state secretary in the Ministry of Capital Investments Marko Perunović on the day of open doors for the media in that ministry.
He stated that because of this electricity from thermal power plants is no longer competitive, and that the EU's goals are to gradually abolish the production of electricity from coal.
"Therefore, it is being analyzed whether it is more economical to invest those up to 100 million for reconstruction in other renewable sources or to start some other industry in Pljevlja, such as a cement plant, or to throw money at something that will be expensive and will not last long. Our plan is to try to find a solution with the EU so that the TE continues to operate for another three to four years, and to find an alternative in the meantime. Other countries like Poland, Ukraine, Serbia,... have similar problems, but they have more thermal power plants and they are allowed to gradually shut down one by one. We only have this one, which accounts for 40 percent of our electricity production," Perunović said.
He stated that the contracted reconstruction of the TE of 54 million reduces the emission of nitrogen, sulfur and dust particles, but not the most important pollutant CO2.
That the production of electricity from coal is becoming more expensive was announced by this Ministry a few days ago, after which the Thermal Power Plant and the Coal Mine came out criticizing such a position and demanding that the reconstruction contracted by the former government of 54 million be carried out, as well as that the companies they must survive because they provide 2.000 jobs.
Minister Mladen Bojanic asked critics yesterday who continues the policy of DPS, whether the Ministry that wants to review the multimillion-dollar deal of the former government with the selected consortium that includes the Chinese DEC and the Podgorica companies Bemax and BB Solar, or those who want to continue the work contracted by DPS without serious analysis and only based on a conceptual solution.
He reminded that half a year ago, the Ministry submitted a criminal complaint to the prosecutor's office because of the environmental remediation contract and that they have not yet received an answer. Bojanić also said that the former government had time to solve the problem, but that the previously allocated 20.000 hours of TE work were spent last year instead of lasting until 2023.
When asked what will happen to the ten million euros that the former management of EPCG has already paid to the contractors for the reconstruction of the TPP, which has not even started yet, and whether the money can be returned in case of abandoning the work, Bojanic said that EPCG has formed a commission that checks.
"I think the prosecution can easily terminate that contract based on what we sent them, and we have a bank guarantee for the advance payment," said Bojanic.
He said that they have a high level of agreement with the EPCG board of directors regarding this dispute.
When asked when the section of the highway will be completed, the acting director of the Directorate for State Roads Miroslav Masic he said that the construction works will be completed by the end of November, but that the question is whether the electrical installations will be installed and tested by then, and that technical acceptance will follow after that. He could not say when the section will be open to traffic, but he hinted that while the technical acceptance is ongoing, it is possible to get a permit for trial operation.
Secretary of State Zoran Radunovic he stated that for one ship of Crnogorsk plovidba, they contracted a lease at a price three times higher than it was until now, as well as that Montekargo and Luka Bar contracted several million-year deals with Željezara Smederevo and RTB from Bor.
Another 1.300 meters to the possible oil deposit
Perunović said that the exploratory well in the sea reached a depth of 5.215 meters, and that the possible oil and gas deposit is located at about 6.500 meters.
"That depth could be reached in about a month, when we will know the results. For now, geological findings and soil temperature give us optimism that a commercially usable site will be found," said Perunović.
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