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Kosovo Energy System

Kosovo Energy System. Energy Situation. Production of electricity is monopoly of “Kosovo Energy Company” (KEK) Main energy sources Coal fired power stations Kosovo A 1960s Kosovo B 1980s Hydroelectric Stations Gazivoda. KEK production capability 2003. Energy Reserves.

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Kosovo Energy System

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  1. Kosovo Energy System

  2. Energy Situation • Production of electricity is monopoly of “Kosovo Energy Company” (KEK) • Main energy sources • Coal fired power stations • Kosovo A 1960s • Kosovo B 1980s • Hydroelectric Stations • Gazivoda

  3. KEK production capability 2003

  4. Energy Reserves • Coal/Lignite reserves • Bardh mine • Mirash mine • Drenica, Dukagjin and Anamorava • Uranium Reserves • Gjilan (Stublovaqë) • Thermal water reserve • Kllokot, • Banjë e Pejës

  5. Lignite Mining OperationKey Sections • Mine Mirash (East and West) • Mine Bardh • Transportation systems in mines • Transportation systems from mines to power plants • Separation plants Kosovo ‘A’ • Separation plants Kosovo ‘B’ • Transportation system to neighboring countries

  6. Coal Reserves • Mirash mine • Good • East – West side mines • working surface area of around 30 km2 • 1500 employees • Main supplier to Kosovo A power plant • Present reserve of 4 million tones/expandable to 35 mil tones once rehabilitated • Main machines in good condition • Needs • Unstable due to lack of preservation • Ancillary plant to cover numerous support operations • Machines & belts need to be repositioned (time consuming) • Machines req. • bulldozers, pipe layers, side cranes, front loaders and small excavators

  7. Coal Reserves • Mine Bardh • Good • working surface area of 4.5 km2 • 2512 employees • main supplier to Kosovo B plant • new equipment from Holland and Germany arrived • Present reserve of 35 mil tones • Needs • neglect over last 10 years has caused loss of conveyor belts due to slippage • angle of mining needs to be changed (time consuming) • more new machinery and parts for the old ones • Ancillary plant to cover numerous support operations • new access routes

  8. Coal Production • Improvement of overburden removal process at both mines • Install better conveyor belts • Better machinery • Together have around 70 million tons current capability • Overall there is around 11 billion tons of coal varying quality

  9. Ancillary Plants • Need because • support main excavators • Ground preparation • Positioning of conveyors • Preparing roads • New 8 ancillary machines have been delivered to both mines • Still need more machines at aprox. cost of € 7 million

  10. Overland Transport • Use of rubber conveyor belts • Needs fixing up

  11. Coal Quality • Low quality lignite • Quality ranges from 6500 kg/kJ - 8500 kg/kJ • Ash content is 25% • Moisture content is 50% • Sulfur Content under 1% • Overburden to coal ratio vary 1 to 1 - 3 to 1 (3 cubic meters of overburden to 1 ton of lignite) • Heat base cost for Kosovo lignite is $ 1.3/GJ compare to $2/ton of coal that Western Europe pays to import

  12. Energy Sector Money Needs • Total costs estimated by KEK Director Mr A. Mazreku in 2000 • Mine Bardh • 25,000,000 EURO • Mine Mirash • 40,000,000 EURO • Seperation and Drying Plant • 35,000,000 EURO • Total spending of 100,000,000 EURO on mine repair • Total estimated cost for all damages to the KES • 311,000,000 EURO

  13. Transportation • Roads • Mirash mine road is 68,10 km • Bardh mine road is 59,50 km • Reconstruction of mine roads started in 2001 • Overall roads need improvement if export is to be made this way • Railroads • Good shape • Would need access to the mines • Connected to the neighborhood countries

  14. Export Possibilities • Good • EU imported approx 154-mil mt of coal in 2000 (80% of its fuel) • Higher oil prices • Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania … depend on import for their energy needs • Consumption at 243-mil MT last year • Gasification • Bad • Europe sees coal as dirty inefficient energy source • Green revolution

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