Agreement signed for construction of solar plant in Vranje - Project worth EUR 300 million


(Stephen Haw and Miroljub Stojcic)
Miroljub Stojcic, mayor of Vranje, and Stephen Haw, representative of China's largest private company engaged in the construction of plants powered by renewable energy sources, have signed an Agreement on Cooperation envisaging the installation of solar panels in the vicinity of Vranje.
The city of Vranje will provide a location and necessary permits, as well as certain perks for the construction, while the company's obligation is to invest in the installation of panels. Solar panels will be installed in the locations near Meteris sanitary landfill, in the villages of Donje and Gornje Zapsko and in Kriva Feja, on an area of about 500 hectares.
According to the words of Assistant Mayor Boban Stankovic, the total value of the whole project is estimated at EUR 300 million. An agreement on the implementation of this pilot project is scheduled to be ceremoniously signed on September 12, 2011.
