Operations at the coal-fired thermal power plant Ugljevik were halted shortly after midnight on 12 January after the facility ran out of adequate coal supplies. The shutdown was carried out in a controlled manner, following an assessment that fuel availability was no longer sufficient to ensure safe operation of the unit. Management said that severe […]
Thermal power plant Ugljevik has been offline since the start of the year after a serious incident that occurred on 30 December, forcing the unit to disconnect from the power grid. According to available information, the outage was caused by a failure in the slag removal system, reportedly linked to human error. Malfunctions in the
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The Ugljevik thermal power plant has once again been forced to shut down after exhausting its coal supplies, with the unit disconnected from the grid on the evening of 7 December. Acting director of RiTE Ugljevik, Žarko Novaković, confirmed that the plant remains offline and emphasized that neither the facility nor its coal storage sites
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Thermal power plant Ugljevik was forced to halt operations this morning due to a shortage of coal, the plant’s union president Boban Benović confirmed. He explained that severe weather had disrupted coal deliveries, leaving the facility without sufficient fuel to continue production. At this stage, there is still no clear estimate of when Ugljevik might
The thermal power plant and coalmine complex RiTE Ugljevik has received approval to begin operations in the Ugljevik East 2 concession area, along with authorization for a higher electricity selling price. The decision follows a series of high-level meetings between representatives of the Government of the Republic of Srpska, state-owned power utility ERS, and Gas
Both of Republika Srpska’s thermal power plants — Gacko and Ugljevik — have experienced operational disruptions this week, highlighting growing challenges in the entity’s energy sector and prompting swift intervention from the government. At the Gacko Thermal Power Plant, a boiler pipe rupture caused a temporary production halt in the early hours of November 1.
After settling its debts to the company Viaduct, the Republic of Srpska (RS) is now facing another arbitration case in Washington, this time valued at over 50 million euros. The dispute has been initiated by the Slovenian company Elektrogospodarstvo against the RS, and by extension Bosnia and Herzegovina, over the failure to deliver electricity from
The Bulgarian Central Energy Repair Base (CERB) is carrying out repair work on the Gacko and Ugljevik thermal power plants in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to CERB. The repairs involve dynamic balancing on a mobile stand of four turbine rotors at the two facilities. The Gacko power plant, built in 1983, has a
