The Ministry of Energy prepared a draft of the National Energy and Climate Plan, which was sent to the Energy Community (EC) for its opinion, and in which it is foreseen that the Pljeval Thermal Power Plant will be shut down by 2041, and the EC was asked to understand that Montenegro cannot achieve the goals that are assigned to achieve by 2030.
This information was announced by the Minister of Energy Saša Mujović yesterday at the annual press conference.
"To achieve these goals from the plan, we need 1,1 billion euros, and that is a lot of money for the state. That's why we asked for understanding that the deadline of 2030 is unrealistic to achieve. I would like to point out that in this matter I have come "to the detriment" because this plan was supposed to be completed in 2023", said Mujović.
The Director of the Energy Community, Artur Lorkovski, informed the minister at the beginning of October that he will review the decision of the EC Ministerial Council of December 15, 2022, which defined the national energy and climate goals of Montenegro until 2030.
"Montenegro must reduce emissions to 2400 tons of CO2, and this implies the introduction of strict measures in the electricity and transport sectors. A greater number of power plants based on renewable sources of electricity must be built, electric vehicles and modernization of public transport must be introduced, a mandatory share of bio-fuel must be introduced... "said the minister.
He clarified that the deadline for the TE was requested until 2041 in order to leave the state to build other energy projects
By the end of the year, the solution to the problem at "Đurđevića Tara"
The Ministry of Energy and the Montenegrin Electric Transmission System (CGES) have prepared a final solution regarding the problems that stopped the construction of the second strand of the submarine cable between Italy and Montenegro, which is the Trans-Balkan Corridor project. The minister pointed out that he cannot reveal the details immediately, and that the problem will be solved by the end of this year.
"The route of the corridor cannot be changed much, and on the other hand, we are limited because of the NP "Durmitor"", said Mujović.
Unsolved property and legal problems at the locations of Đurđević Tara and Njegoduđ and the failure to adopt the planning documentation for the construction corridor of the Pljevlja - Bajina Bašta transmission line are two key problems that needed to be resolved as soon as possible in order to continue the project of connecting the power systems of Montenegro and Italy with a submarine cable. .
This capital project includes the construction of a direct current submarine cable with a capacity of 1.000 MW between Italy and Montenegro, the construction of the 400/110/35 kV substation Lastva, the 400kV transmission line Lastva-Čevo-Pljevlja and the introduction of the existing 400 kV transmission line Podgorica-Trebinje in TS Lastva, as well as the construction of a 400 KV transmission line to Serbia and/or Bosnia and Herzegovina, and one has now been put into operation a core of the submarine cable with a capacity of 600 MW, the substation "Lastva" and the section of the transmission line from Lastva to Čevo.
"Zeljezara" paid gross earnings for the first time
Journalists were informed that Nikšić's Željezara paid the gross salary for the first time from its income last month for all 280 workers engaged in the production of steel structures and blocks for the solar power plant.
The minister emphasized that the tenant of the "Čeličana" and "Kovačenica" plant, the Swiss "8B Capital", complies with all obligations from the lease agreement.
"It will sound strange, but we will have a problem that when the investor takes over contract workers, we will lack workers to do the jobs they are currently engaged in, especially when it comes to welders," said the minister.
According to him, the open issues in "Zeljezara" are the solution to the tax debt and waste that was placed by a former investor from Turkey.
The president of the board of directors of EPCG, Milutin Đukanović, said that "Željezara" has to show profitability for a few more months, after which EPCG will give it a guarantee in order to solve the issue of tax debt, which would be reprogrammed for a period of one year.
"By the end of the year, the Government will have a decision on the payment of subsidies for electricity so that it does not become more expensive. The decisions of the regulator must be respected, and CEDIS and CGES cannot give up their income because that would mean less investment. Electricity must become more expensive by 2027 in order to approach the European average, which is 27-28 cents per kilowatt. It is to be expected that we increase the kilowatt from 10 cents to 16-17 cents in order to reach the average that Croatia has now", explained the minister, adding that care is being taken of socially vulnerable categories for which special conditions will apply.
Reduced number of employees
The minister said that in the year since he assumed office in all companies under the authority of the Ministry of Energy, there has been at least a small decrease in employees and that it is expected that "Solar gradnja" will perform positively by the end of the year.
"For the profitable operation of "Solar construction" on a monthly basis, it is necessary to install 3 megawatts of solar panels," said the minister.
The Ministry of Energy has provided 100 subsidies for the purchase of air conditioners for the citizens of Bijelo Polje, and activities have begun on the development of a district heating study for the citizens of Bijelo Polje.
"We are working on a feasibility study for electricity storage facilities that will be in RUP, Željezara and HPP "Perućica" with a capacity of 60 megawatts, and this is the best way to further valorize solar and wind potential. We chose these locations because there are no problems with connecting to the transmission network," explained Mujović.
The ministry has prepared a new law on energy, which is expected to be adopted by the end of the year in the parliament, for the HPP "Kruševo" project, a contract for conducting geological research was signed with the Institute for Water Management "Jaroslav Čarni".
The press conference was attended by the heads of all energy companies - EPCG, CGES, CEDIS, RUP, Željezara, Solar gradnja, representatives of political clubs of PES, coalition for the future of Montenegro, representative of the independent club of MPs Radinka Ćinćur. The representatives of the opposition parties in the parliament did not respond to the invitation of the minister.
Reimbursement to the Municipality of Nikšić for Bileć Lake until the end of the year
Mujović said that by the end of this year, the municipality of Nikšić will be paid money based on compensation for land for Lake Bileć in the amount of 823.000 euros.
"That would have happened earlier, but we had to have understanding for the Republic of Srpska, which lost two arbitration disputes with Croatia and Slovenia," explained the minister.
He said that the Coal Mine is extensively digging a new bed for the Ćehotina river relocation project and that 150.000 cubic meters of limestone material has been excavated.
He announced that next year the first phase of Pljevlja heating will be completed and the goal is to replace the city's central boiler rooms.
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