Kosovo A Power Station is a lignite power station with five units at Obilić,

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. It is the second largest power station in Kosovo with capacity of 650 MW after

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 ...

. It is described as the worst single-point source of pollution in Europe. Despite plans to shut the plan down in 2017, it was still partially operating as of September 2022.

History

Kosovo A Power Station was opened in 1962. It was operated by EPS Surface Mining Kosovo and EPS TPP Kosovo until the end of

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. After UNMIK administration was established in Kosovo on 1 July 1999, Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) lost its access to the local coal mines and power plants, including Kosovo A and Kosovo B power plants. Since then, it is operated by Kosovo Energy Corporation ( sq, Korporata Energjetike e Kosovës (KEK)). On 6 June 2014, the power station exploded killing two people and injuring 13 others. The station was then subsequently shut down. The cause of the explosion was due to the explosion of

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located in a separate part of the power station from the

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. In December 2015, US-based company ContourGlobal signed a memorandum of understanding with the

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, to build a new $1.06 billion worth power plant to replace 45-year old Kosovo A Power Station. The construction was expected to start in 2018, but ContourGlobal quit the project in 2020.

Generation units

* Unit 1 has a generation power of 50 MW and a tall chimney with a diameter of at the top. * Unit 2 has a generation power of 200 MW and a tall chimney with a diameter of at the top. * Unit 3 has a generation power of 250 MW and a tall chimney with a diameter of at the top. * Unit 4 has a generation power of 350 MW and a tall chimney with a diameter of at the top.

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External links

* http://issuu.com/lptap/docs/tpp-task-4-environmental-and-social-impact {{Navbox, name=List of power stations in Kosovo, title= Power stations in Kosovo, list1=* Kosova A Power station * Kosova B Power Station * Bajgora Wind Farm * Kitka Wind Farm * Lumbardhi Hydroelectric Power Plant * Dikanci Hydroelectric Power Plant * Radavci Hydroelectric Power Plant * Burimi Hydroelectric Power Plant, listclass=hlist, state={{{state, autocollapse}, above=, image= Coal-fired power stations in Kosovo

History

Generation units

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