Photo: Ministry of Mining and Energy/Danilo Mijatović
Serbia has launched works under the BeoGrid 2025 project, aimed at improving the transmission infrastructure in Serbia, the region, and Europe, as well as facilitating electricity offtake from renewable energy power plants in the South Banat region of Vojvodina.
The BeoGrid 2025 project, worth EUR 205 million, comprises six distinct components, according to Radoš Popadić, Assistant Minister of Mining and Energy in charge of the power engineering sector. He attended the start of works in Belgrade’s Surčin suburb together with Jelena Matejić, the general manager of Serbia’s transmission system operator, Elektromreža Srbije (EMS).
“Construction is being launched today on two new high-voltage transmission lines that will connect Belgrade and Novi Sad, with a total value of around EUR 22 million,” he said, adding that work on a substation in Belgrade is also expected to begin soon.
The project is valued at EUR 205 million
The substation will be connected to the Čibuk 1 substation [wind farm Čibuk 1] by a new 83-kilometer transmission line, ensuring a stable transmission of electricity produced from renewable energy sources in South Banat, as well as reducing strain on the existing network, Popadić explained.
Radoš Popadić and Jelena Matejić (photo: Ministry of Mining and Energy/Danilo Mijatović)
Two single-circuit 400 kV transmission lines, intended for connecting transmission line 450 (switching station Mladost – substation Novi Sad 3) to the future 400/110 kV substation Beograd 50, will have a total length of 25.5 kilometers.
EMS General Manager Jelena Matejić said that BeoGrid 2025 is of particular importance for Serbia, but also part of the broader North Continental South East (CSE) Corridor project, which includes doubling the existing 400 kV interconnection between hydropower plant Đerdap 1 and Portile de Fier in Romania.
Matejić: The North CSE Corridor is part of the European ten-year network development plan, TYNDP 2020
The North CSE Corridor project is part of the European ten-year network development plan (TYNDP 2020) and the regional investment plan (RgIP 2020). It is supported by the Romanian transmission system operator, Transelectrica, as well as the German development bank KfW, with a feasibility study.
The North CSE Corridor is of regional importance as it increases the transmission capacity between Serbia and Romania, helping create an integrated European electricity market, Matejić pointed out, adding that BeoGrid 2025 is also important for additional backup power supply for the EXPO 2027 project.
The project aims to enable the transmission of electricity generated from renewable sources in the South Banat region and to ease the load on the 220/110/35 kV Beograd 5 substation, which supplies a large part of Belgrade, particularly parts of New Belgrade and Zemun, EMS stated.
Popadić: The total value of all planned projects is EUR 1 billion
Photo: Ministry of Mining and Energy/Danilo Mijatović
Radoš Popadić recalled that large investments in the transmission network are underway.
“Serbia has recognized the importance of investing in the power transmission system to enable the integration of more renewable energy capacity, increase the exchange of electricity with neighbors, and ensure a secure, stable, and efficient supply to consumers. That is why we launched investments in interconnection with the transmission systems of eight neighboring countries, with EUR 500 million to be invested in priority projects by the end of the decade. The total value of all planned projects will amount to around one billion euros,” said Popadić.
BeoGrid 2025 is financed partly from the Serbian budget, as well as from EMS’ own funds. The project consists of six distinct components, or investments:
- 400/110 kV substation Beograd 50;
- Two-circuit 400 kV transmission line between substation Beograd 50 and Čibuk 1, including the installation of a 400 kV bay at switching station Čibuk 1;
- Single-circuit 400 kV transmission lines for the integration of transmission line 450 (switching station Mladost – substation Novi Sad 3) into substation Beograd 50;
- Two double-circuit 110 kV transmission lines for the integration of transmission line 104/8 (substation Stara Pazova – substation Inđija 2) into substation Beograd 50;
- two double-circuit 110 kV transmission lines for the integration of transmission line 1178 AB (substation Beograd 5 – substation Beograd 9) into substation Beograd 50;
- Double-circuit 110 kV cable between substation Beograd 50 and substation Beograd 49 (Airport).
Photo: Ministry of Mining and Energy/Danilo Mijatović
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