Serbian energy utility EPS has invited bids for works on the reconstruction of
seven small hydro power plants (SHPPs), the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD) said on Thursday.
The tender covers supply and
installation of electrical and mechanical equipment for reconstruction of the
SHPPs, located in eastern Serbia, the EBRD said in a statement.
EPS
intends using part of a loan approved by the EBRD to finance the works on the
project.
The tendered upgrade project covers the reconstruction of the
three existing turbines of the HPP Sveta Petka, near the southern city of Nis;
installation of two new turbines at SHPP Sicevo; reconstruction of two existing
turbines at the SHPP Gamzigrad near Zajecar; replacement of the three existing
turbines on the SHPP Sokolovica; installation of a new turbine on the SHPP Vucje
near Leskovac; reconstruction of the two existing turbines at SHPP Jelasnica and
reconstruction of all three existing turbines of the SHPP Temac.
The
bidding deadline is July 24.
In 2011, the EBRD said it was lending EPS 45
million euro ($49.1 million) to refurbish 15 SHPPs with a combined capacity of
18 MW and to build seven new ones on existing dams witha combined capacity of
13 MW.