State Secretary at the Ministry of Mining and Energy, Sonja Vlahovic, announced that the Kostolac wind farm is on schedule to begin trial operations by the end of the year. All 20 turbines at EPS’ first wind project have now been installed. Once fully operational, the wind farm is expected to generate around 187 million kWh annually, enough to supply roughly 30,000 households with green electricity.
Vlahovic visited the site alongside Johan Zathof, Parliamentary State Secretary at Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. She emphasized that the project adds 66 MW of renewable capacity and reflects a broader transition toward domestic clean energy sources.
The project is financed through a combination of a 110 million euros facility from Germany’s KfW, an additional 30 million euros from the EU’s Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF), and 32.2 million euros contributed by EPS. Zathof highlighted the project as a symbol of 25 years of cooperation between Germany and Serbia, supporting Serbia’s EU accession goals.
Over the past two years, Serbia has expanded its wind and solar energy capacity by 85%, moving closer to its target of producing 45% of electricity from renewable sources by 2030. With the Kostolac wind farm and the Petka solar power plant, EPS is expected to add 76 MW of renewable capacity this year alone. This complements last year’s milestone in Kostolac, where a new 350 MW coal-fired unit was commissioned.
