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On June 24,
local time, following the issuance of a commencement order by the Federal
Electric Power Company of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Unit 7 of the Tuzla
Hydropower Station in Bosnia and Herzegovina under the EPC General
Contract of the consortium composed of CGGC and CEEC Guangdong Electric Power
Design Institute Co., Ltd. officially started construction. Upon completion,
the Project will become an important force for ensuring stable energy supply
in Bosnia and Herzegovina and a strong engine for the country’s economic
development. It is also an important achievement of international
multilateral cooperation and "17 + 1" energy cooperation between
China and Central and Eastern Europe.
Tuzla
Hydropower Station, located on the outskirts of Tuzla and invested by the
Federal Electric Power Company of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is the oldest and
largest coal-fired power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina with six units and a
total installed capacity of 779 MW. Among the six units, Unit 1 and Unit 2
were shut down in 2002, and Unit 3 and Unit 4 were about to shut down. In
order to fill the power gap generated after the shutdown and meet the local
power supply demand, the Federal Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina has
approved to build
a new 450 MW cogeneration thermal power unit- Unit 7 of the Tuzla Hydropower
Station- on the west side of the existing plant.
Unit 7 of
the Tuzla Hydropower Station is the largest infrastructure investment project
in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, featuring the largest-scale
cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries with the
most mature conditions, the most promising future, the most secured
implementation and the most stable guarantee period.
The Project
adopts large capacity, ultra-supercritical parameters and lignite tower
furnace technology, realizing technology upgrade in an efficient way- the
whole plant adopts European standard design, meeting the technical
requirements of BAT (Best Available Technology), and abiding by the EU
emission standards on dust, SOx and NOx. It is the first unit in Bosnia and
Herzegovina to introduce clean and efficient coal-fired power generation
technology, and also the coal-fired power generation project with the highest
parameter level in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Project employs the latest
three-dimensional design technology to construct the multi-professional
three-dimensional solid models such as pipeline, equipment, electricity and
structure on the computer, and carry out collision inspection and
optimization design on the constructed models, thus eliminating collision and
even realizing zero error rate at the design stage. At the same time,
supported by the information technology, real-time data sharing is available
for the project developer and the employer’s engineer, enabling long-distance
collaboration in different places.
As a model
project for international capacity cooperation, the Project has its host
designed in Europe, manufactured in China and Europe, and maintained by
Bosnia and Herzegovina after completion, so as to maximize the advantages of
all parties and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. During the
construction of the Project, more than 10,000 jobs can be provided locally
through training and guidance to effectively promote employment and social
development.
With the
joint efforts of all parties, various works of the Project have been carried
forward in an orderly manner since the signing of the contract.
On November
27, 2017, Premier Li Keqiang signed the Tuzla Project Loan Agreement with the
leaders of 16 Central and Eastern European countries at the 6th Summit of
Heads of Government of Central and Eastern European Countries in Budapest,
Hungary.
On December
25, 2019, the Federal Electric Power Company of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued
a notice of validity
On June 24,
2020, the Federal Electric Power Company of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued a
project commencement order.
Since March
this year, the COVID-19 epidemic in China has been effectively contained, but
in the world and especially in Europe, the epidemic is still ravaging, and
the epidemic prevention in Bosnia and Herzegovina is hardly optimistic. To
this end, the Company established a "Party member commando", which
organized Party members to take the lead in the first line of epidemic
prevention and control, and on the premise of ensuring safety of employees,
scientifically and orderly carried forward all preparations before the
commencement of the Project. Efforts have been made to minimize the adverse
impact brought by the epidemic. The members of the commando team established
and improved the work coordination mechanism with the employers of Tuzla
Project through video connection and on-site communication, which accelerated
the relevant preparation process and laid a solid foundation for the smooth
commencement of the Project.
This year
marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations
between China and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Driven by the “Belt and Road”
Initiative and China-Central and Eastern Europe cooperation, China and Bosnia
and Herzegovina have built a broad platform for cooperation in economic and
trade as well as other fields, and the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic has
not restrained the enthusiasm of both sides for deepening cooperation. The
commencement of this major energy project, Unit 7 of the Tuzla Hydropower
Station in Bosnia and Herzegovina, will surely become an important force for
deepening the cooperation between China and Bosnia and Herzegovina, enabling
the two countries to explore opportunities among crisis and seek
transformation amid changes in the “post-epidemic” era.
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