Pristina
(Reuters) – Kosovo plans to build a new power plant they hope will attract 3,5
billion euros in foreign investment and turn it into an energy exporter, the
prime minister said on Thursday.
The project
involves the construction of a new coal-fired power plant with a capacity of up
to 2.000 megawatts and development of a new lignite mine nearby. “The new plant
will produce 2.000MW and it will be divided in two phases. In the first phase
the plant will produce 1.000MW and will be built immediately,” Prime Minister
Hashim Thaci told a news conference. Thaci did
not say when the government would select a winner or when he expects the plant
to start producing power.
Three foreign groups, Czech power firm Cez and AES of
the United States; Italy’s ENEL and Greece’s Public Power Corp Sencap; and Germany’s EnBW and US-based WGI, are in the
running to build the project.
(as published on the newspaper "KATHIMERINI", 16/7/2009)