EPS TPP Kosovo ( sr, ЕПС Термоелектране Косово) is a Serbian
thermal power station
A thermal power station is a type of power station in which heat energy is converted to electrical energy. In a steam-generating cycle heat is used to boil water in a large pressure vessel to produce high-pressure steam, which drives a stea ...
management company with headquarters in
Obilić,
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
.
History
EPS TPP Kosovo was founded by
Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) on 23 December 1991.
Following the
Kosovo War
The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the war ...
and
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the
UNMIK administration was established in Kosovo on 1 July 1999, and Elektroprivreda Srbije lost its access to the local coal mines and power plants, including
Kosovo A and
Kosovo B power plants, which were under jurisdiction of EPS TPP Kosovo.
Since then,
government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
-owned Elektroprivreda Srbija by political decision continued to pay off earnings to all of Kosovo-based EPS companies, including EPS TPP Kosovo employees (the other two EPS companies based on Kosovo are
EPS Surface Mining Kosovo
EPS Surface Mining Kosovo ( sr, ЕПС Површински копови Косово) is a Serbian coal surface mining company with headquarters in Obilić, Kosovo.
History
EPS Surface Mining Kosovo was founded by Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) ...
and
EPS Elektrokosmet).
However, all these employees are not working in Kosovo-based power plants, and are only occasionally and indirectly employed by EPS throughout the rest of Serbia.
As of May 2009, there was a total of around 7,000 such employees which were working only on paper and receive regular earnings.
As of June 2017, that number was cut to 4,539 employees.
Gallery
File:Termoelektrane Kosovo A.jpg, ''Kosovo A Power Station
Kosovo A Power Station is a lignite power station with five units at Obilić, Kosovo. It is the second largest power station in Kosovo with capacity of 650 MW after Kosovo B Power Station. It is described as the worst single-point source of ...
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File:Termoelektrane Kosovo B.jpg, ''Kosovo B Power Station
Kosovo B Power Station is the largest power station in Obilić, Kosovo. It is a lignite-fired consisting of 2 units with 340 MW generation capacity, which share a tall chimney with 6.8 metres diameter at the top.
History
Kosovo B Power Station ...
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See also
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Elektroprivreda Srbije
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EPS Surface Mining Kosovo
EPS Surface Mining Kosovo ( sr, ЕПС Површински копови Косово) is a Serbian coal surface mining company with headquarters in Obilić, Kosovo.
History
EPS Surface Mining Kosovo was founded by Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) ...
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EPS Elektrokosmet
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Electrical energy in Kosovo
The electricity sector of Kosovo relies on coal-fired power plants (92% as of 2023) and is considered one of the sectors with the greatest potential of development. The inherited issues after the war in Kosovo and the transition period have had an ...
Notes
References
External links
Official website
1991 establishments in Kosovo
Coal-fired power stations in Serbia
Electric power companies of Serbia
Elektroprivreda Srbije
Energy companies established in 1991
Government-owned companies of Serbia
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