Foto: Možura
The first landfill gas power plant in the Western Balkans is in test operation, at the Možura landfill in Montenegro. The eponymous, municipally-owned operator has issued calls for maintenance and the selection of an intermediary for the sale of electricity.
The project in the Možura regional landfill for the power plant utilizing biogas from waste is worth EUR 1.8 million. Montenegro is conducting the investment in cooperation with the Centre for International Cooperation and Development (CMSR) of Slovenia. The 0.99 MW facility was built last year and put into trial operation in December. It is the first in the Western Balkans.
Municipal utility Možura has issued public calls for the maintenance of the power plant and the selection of an intermediary for the sale of electricity. The firm estimates annual output of 7.5 GWh and envisages a 95% uptime. The landfill is near the Adriatic coast in the country’s far south.
Deadline for maintenance tender expires on February 6
The maintenance tender is open until February 6. The public enterprise intends to sign a four-year framework agreement with the selected bidder. The first contract, lasting one year, is valued at EUR 149,900, with another EUR 31,479 for value-added tax. The entire allocated sum then translates to EUR 599,600 alongside EUR 125,916 in VAT.
The eligible applicant has built and commissioned at least one system for the production of electricity from landfill gas of at least 500 kW.
As for the entry into the market, the selected company will be an intermediary in the placement of the produced electricity at the organized market – the power exchange. The contract will last until the end of the year.
Every bidder must be a member of the exchange and have at least three active contracts of the same kind with renewable energy producers, according to the documentation. The conditions include a minimum income of EUR 800,000 in the previous business year. The intermediary assumes the balancing responsibility.
Bids will be received by January 26 at noon, when they will be opened, Možura said.
Slovenia covered third of expenses
The Slovenian Environmental Public Fund (Eco Fund or Eko sklad) has donated EUR 681,800 for the landfill gas power plant. The Environmental Protection Fund (Eco Fund) of Montenegro has paid EUR 50,000 for the project design and its revision.
Landfill gas is extracted from waste in so-called sanitary tubs. An earlier study showed that methane accounts for 50%. Austrian company Jenbacher supplied the equipment.
The power plant is connected to the power distribution system. Možura is the destination for municipal waste from Montenegro’s entire coastal area except for the city of Herceg Novi. Next to the landfill is an eponymous wind power plant.
Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajić said two weeks ago that Itochu from Japan was interested in the project for a municipal waste incinerator in the capital Podgorica, of up to 50 MW.
In the territory of Belgrade, the capital city of neighboring Serbia, concessionaire Beo čista energija is building a landfill gas power plant. According to the project, the facility in the Vinča complex will consist of two equal units totaling 3.2 MW in electricity capacity and 5.8 MW for thermal energy.
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