Kakanj Power Station

Kakanj Power Plant
Kakanj Power Plant
	Kakanj Power Plant from the Outside
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Location	Kakanj
Coordinates	44°05′23″N 18°06′52″E / 44.08972°N 18.11444°E
Status	Operational
Commission date	1988
Owner(s)	EBiH
Operator(s)	Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine;
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Units operational	7
Nameplate capacity	450 MW
External links
Website	www.tekakanj.ba
Commons	Related media on Commons
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Kakanj Thermal Power Plant is one of

MW^[1] and producing around 2.3 billion Kwh of electricity per year. The power plant is operated by Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine

. The chimney of Kakanj Power Plant is 300 metres tall and is one of the tallest man-made objects built in former Yugoslavia.

History

Kakanj has been coal mining area since 1898. Construction of the coal-fired power plant started in 1947. and the first and unit was commissioned in 1956.[2]

Construction of the second unit started in 1960 and was finished in 1960. Five more units were constructed in the next 28 years. The last one, unit 7, was finished in 1988. A new 300-MW steam unit is in planning and a 100-MW CCGT block may be built to replace the old 32-MW sets.

Description

Thermal Power Station Kakanj is now one of the largest generators of electricity in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has power generation units with an installed capacity of 578 MW. The power plant has a 300-metre (980 ft) tall

stack, one of the tallest structures in Bosnia and Herzegovina

.