Kosova B power station

The Kosovo B power station was built in the early 1980s and is situated a few kilometers from Prishtina/Pristina. After conflict in Kosovo in the 1990s, the European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR) invited tenders for the rehabilitation of Kosovo power station unit B2. In June 2000, the contract was won by a consortium of RWE Power International.

The production capacity of Kosova A power station and Kosova B power station has been hampered by chronic technical problem, including a lightning strike in July 2002. Kosovo has been importing electricity in order to make up some for its deficit. Despite the imports for much of the 1999-2002 electricity was not guarantied 24 hours a day.

Units at Kosova B
It is a lignite-fired consisting of 2 units with 290 MW generation capacity, which share a 183 metres tall chimney with 6.8 metres diametre at the top.

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