Mining and Energy Combine Bitola ( Macedonia Rudarsko-Energeti Combine Bitola ) or GEC Bitola ( REC Bitola ) is an energy company in the city of Bitola (Northern Macedonia).
| Mining and Energy Combine Bitola | |
|---|---|
| Maced. Rudarsko-Energeti Combine Bitola | |
| A country |  North Macedonia |
| Location | community of Bitola |
| Owner | Balkan Environmental Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement Network |
| Status | acting |
| Commissioning | 1982 g. |
| Main characteristics | |
| Annual electricity production, mln kWh | 4,340 |
| Electric power, MW | 675 MW |
| Equipment specifications | |
| Primary fuel | coal |
| Number of power units | 3 |
| On the map | |
It is the main source of electricity in Northern Macedonia, providing more than 70% of the electricity needs of Northern Macedonia. The construction of the station was carried out from 1982 to 1988. The annual output is 4.34 million MWh [1] . Management is carried out by the Balkan Network for Regulatory Compliance and Environmental Protection (BERCEN).
Description
SEC “Bitola” consists of two parts: the coal mine “Suvodol” and the Bitol TPP ( Maced. Thermoelectranat Bitola ) - a coal-fired power plant located in the vicinity of the village of Novatsi , 12 km from the city of Bitola. In 1980, slag mining began here (the structure of the mine included an excavator, a stacker and a conveyor), and electricity production began in 1982, when the first block of the power station was built. In total, there are 3 power units at the station: the first 2 were put into operation in 1984, the third in 1988. On average, a power plant produces 72% of all the energy needed by Macedonia and its energy system [2] .
A new Brod - Gneotino coal mine is also being built in the Pelagon basin, which could extend the life of the CHPP by another 15 years. Mining and Energy Combine Bitola, the largest electricity producer in the country [3] , is a subsidiary of the Macedonian state-owned energy company ELEM [2] .
Notes
- ↑ The thermal power plant rek bitola (general information) (PDF). Date of treatment August 11, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 RIT Bitola on the official website on Elektrani on Macedonia (visited 2012-10-28) Archived March 14, 2016 on Wayback Machine (Maced.)
- ↑ RIVER “Bitola” work on its own with a single unit. Iztochnik: Expert BG 04.09.2007 (Bulgarian)