The Ugljevik Power Plant () is a coal-fired power plant in

Ugljevik Ugljevik ( sr-cyrl, Угљевик) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality has a population of 15,710 inhabitants, while the town of Ugljevik has a population of 4,155 inhabitants. The ...

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. It is owned and operated by ''Rudnik i termoelektrana Ugljevik'', a subsidiary of Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske. RiTE Ugljevik is an integrated

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and power generating company.

History

Ugljevik has been coal mining area since 1899. Construction of the coal-fired power plant started in 1976 and the first and only unit was commissioned in 1985. At the same time, the old Ugljevik coal mine was closed, the new Bogutovo Selo mine was opened, and the integrated coal-mining and power generating company RiTE Ugljevik was created on the base of ''Rudnik Ugljevik'' mining company. Construction of the second unit started in 1985 and halted during the

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. During the war, the power plant was closed from April 1992 to November 1995, though the facilities and equipment were saved in expectation of resuming production. In 2010, the power plant went through extensive upgrading, the power plant nevertheless remaining a major source of pollution for the whole Northwest Bosnia and beyond.

Description

The Ugljevik Power Plant is now one of the largest generators of electricity in Republika Srpska. It has a combined heat and power generation unit with an installed capacity of 300 MW. In 2009, it generated 1,559 GWh of electricity and consumed 1.3 million tonnes of coal. The power plant has a tall

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, the

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. Before the

on the top of chimney with big white letters was written 'TITO', in memory of

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leader of former

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. During the war text was rewritten, so now is visible a

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ian symbol, the

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. The company plans to open a new coal mine, Ugljevik-Istok. Some investors have shown interest in building a second unit with capacity of 600 MW of electricity. The power plant is also infamously known as a one-of-a-kind polluter: it emits large amounts of dangerous

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compared to its relatively limited power generation capacity, and, as of April 2019, there was still no operational flue gas desulfurization unit. For this reason, the Uglevik power plant is also sometimes seen as a "Chernobyl of Europe".

References

External links

Official Website

Another website of RiTE Ugljevik

Official website of Ugljevik Municipality

Ugljevik Info page
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