
Western Balkans countries to build four coal-fired power plants
Western Balkans countries to build four coal-fired power plants by Vladimir Spasić Two Western Balkans countries made a final push to launch investments in coal-fired power plants during last month. Two more came very close to join their neighbors. Construction of a new 350 MW unit started in Serbia while the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina signed a loan agreement to build a 450 MW unit. These two countries are closely followed by Kosovo and the Serb Republic. Projects will be delivered by governments and state-owned power utilities, Chinese banks and investors and one company from the US. New units will continue Western Balkans’ heavy reliance on coal power plants. On November 20, China Machinery and Engineering Corp started construction of a 350 MW unit at Serbia’s third largest coal-fired…