energy
ANOTHER PILLAR OF ENERGY SECURITY! Minister Đedović Handanović Shares Details on the NEW GAS POWER PLANT
A new gas power plant, to be built in cooperation with Azerbaijan, will ensure stable baseload energy, greater security of supply, and support for economic development and new technologies.
TL;DR
- Serbia plans to build a new gas power plant in cooperation with Azerbaijan.
- The plant will provide stable baseload energy, independent of weather conditions.
- It will enhance energy supply security and support economic development and new technologies.
- The project aims to meet the growing electricity demand from sectors like artificial intelligence and data centers.
- The annual output of the new gas plant is expected to be around 6% of Serbia's production system.
- This output will be comparable to the current annual production of the Kostolac B3 thermal power plant.
- The collaboration with Azerbaijan also includes increased gas supplies, with a projected supply of up to one billion cubic meters from 2027.
- The gas power plant construction is expected to further increase gas quantities by 500-600 million cubic meters.
- Azerbaijan sees this project as a way to ensure stable gas deliveries to Serbia and diversify its own projects.