Turkish Egesa Enerji to build two solar power plants in Serbia’s Vojvodina province
Turkish company Egesa Enerji has launched a project to build two solar power plants in Vojvodina, with a total peak capacity of 8.6 MW. The investor has signed an agreement with the contractors, and construction is slated to begin in the coming months, according to a statement by Serbian company Solarna energija budućnosti (SEB), which will supply the equipment.
One of the two solar power plants will be built in the village of Aradac near Zrenjanin, with a peak capacity of 4.2 MW, while the other one, of 4.4 MW, will be located in Odžaci. Both will be connected to the distribution grid, in line with a strategy for developing localized and decentralized electricity generation, according to the statement. Vojvodina is Serbia’s northern province.
The solar power plants will help decentralize power generation
The main contractor for the two turnkey projects is Serbian firm Electric Power Construction (EPC). The contractor consortium also includes Bey Han from Turkey, which has built over 250 MW of solar capacity in its home country.
The investor, Egesa Enerji, has completed a large number of projects in three countries and currently operates solar power plants with a total peak capacity of 170 MW, according to the Turkish company’s website.
Egesa Enerji operates solar power plants of 170 MW overall
The project is being carried out through Egesa Enerji’s subsidiary Temo Power, registered in Belgrade.
Vojvodina seen as priority area for investment in solar
In the statement, SEB said that Vojvodina, the part of Serbia with the lowest installed solar capacity, has been identified as a priority area for this type of investment.
“Such projects are exactly what Serbia’s distribution network needs most at this moment – local, stable production with clear timeframes and well-known technologies,” said Danilo Drndarski from the contractor consortium.
It is particularly important that the capacities are being deployed in Vojvodina, where there is a substantial imbalance between electricity consumption and local production, he added. Drndarski is the founder of SEB and EPC.
