EPS: Current Coal Inflow Rate Does Not Allow for Deployment of All Thermal Blocks, Continuation of Electricity Import Expected

The current rate of the inflow of coal does not allow for the deployment of all thermal blocks, and it is expected that in the upcoming period as well it will be necessary to secure additional amounts of electrical energy from import, Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) said at the session of the Work Group for Monitoring the Security of Supply of Energy and Energy Sources.

Reports on the operations of the companies from the electrical energy sector, plans for the upcoming period and an analysis of the production and distribution of electrical energy were presented at the session.

The resources and the transport of additional quantities of mazut, as well as projections for March, regarding the supply of coal and the production of electrical energy at thermal power plants, as well as the need for a more detailed analysis of the scenarios for the second quarter of 2022, when regular overhauls in the coal sector are expected, were also discussed, announced the Ministry of Mining and Energy.

According to Elektrodistribucija Srbije (EDS), the distribution system is stable, and shorter power cuts are down to the planned works. The transfer system also functions without major problems.

At the session, it was concluded that the gas market in Serbia is stable, because there are supplies from two directions.

Ministarstvo rudarstva i energetike Republike Srbije

Elektroprivreda Srbije ad Beograd

Elektrodistribucija Srbije d.o.o. Beograd

Ministry of Mining and Energy

EPS

EDS

electricity

import

supply

coal

thermal power plants

stability of the electrical energy system

gas