Serbia’s state-owned power utility, EPS, has launched a tender to assess the availability of biomass for use in its thermal power plants, specifically TPP Kolubara A and TPP Morava. The project aims to develop a study evaluating the potential of Serbia’s biomass resources and their feasibility for meeting EPS’s operational needs.
Estimates suggest that Serbia’s biomass resources total 3.405 million tons of oil equivalent, which accounts for 61% of the country’s total renewable energy potential. Central Serbia has around 1.53 million tons of oil equivalent in wood biomass, while Vojvodina holds approximately 1.67 million tons in agricultural biomass, which includes residues from crops, livestock, fruit farming, viticulture, and fruit processing. However, the utilization rate for agricultural biomass in the country remains under 2%.
In addition to this biomass-related initiative, EPS also announced a tender in October to develop a preliminary proposal for the conservation, preparation, and submission of an environmental impact assessment for the decommissioning of the Kolubara A and Morava thermal power plants.
