Serbia, North CSE Corridor, New 400/110 kV 2x300 MVA Belgrade West Substation and OHL 400 kV Serbia – Romania: Pre-feasibility Study, ESIA

The North Continental South East Corridor is part of the electricity transmission route that links Serbia to Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Italy. The corridor will be integrated into the Trans-Balkan Electricity Corridor and, thus, will increase electricity transit from East (Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova) to West (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina).

This investment refers to the first stage of development of the North Continental Southeast Corridor (CSE), which consists of three components:

• Substation (SS) 400/110 kV Belgrade West, with the alignment of the corresponding 400 kV and 110 kV lines (Component 1),
• 400kV overhead line (OHL) SS Belgrade West – Wind Power Plant (WPP) Čibuk 1, with a length of approx. 83 km (Component 2) and
• Upgrade of existing 400kV OHL Hydropower Plant (HPP) Đerdap 1 (Serbia) – Portile de Fier (Romania) to double-circuit OHL (Component 3).

The components of the North CSE Corridor are segments of the important route of energy transmission from Romania to the western parts of the region, mainly Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Italy, which all could experience energy deficiency and the need for import in the years to come.

The scope of technical assistance financed through WBIF included the preparation of a Pre-Feasibility Study with a Preliminary ESIA and Conceptual Design with the purpose of determining the spatial, environmental, social and economic viability of the investment for the options.