Crnogorski elektroprenosni sistem organised on 28 December a ceremony on the occasion of the completion of the new substation 110/10 kV “Nikšić 2“ and entry into operation of 110 kV cable line. This significant investments in the city under the Trebjesa Hill will create preconditions for an economic and social development, as well as installation of other infrastructure projects. The ceremony was held in substation “Nikšić 2”.
The significance of construction of this substation, closed switchgear, according to the latest GIS technology is principally reflected in a more secure and quality electricity supply of consumers of Nikšić.
“By complying with our mission to develop the grid in manner to ensure a reliable transmission system with enough capacity and undisturbed access for all users, we started three years ago the preparation of this demanding project both in technical and financial terms. Please note that the overall project included construction of 110/10 kV substation, with capacity of 2x31,5 MVA, 110 kV cable from Kličevo to Steelworks Nikšić through which the substation was connected to the existing grid, as well as the construction of an overhead line bay in substation Nikšić. Due to spatial-planning limitations and the fact that these facilities have been constructed in a urban zone, and by following the best European practice in construction of such facilities, the applied technical solution have a minimum negative impact on the environment and people, which was one of our main objectives. Namely, this substation has been performed in GIS technology and the complete switchgear was placed in the building, which is a significantly better solution than the classic one from the aspect of preservation of space and visual acceptability. In addition, instead of the standard overhead high-voltage line, we have installed a 4 km long high-voltage cable thereby preserving precious space in the narrow area of the city for some other purpose”, Chairman of CGES Board of Directors Dragan Laketić has sad.
Installed apparatus and equipment are products of renowned European companies ABB and Prysmian, and works have been performed by local companies Volvox, Bemax and Energomontaža with partners. The total value of investment is over 9,5 million €.
Veselin Grbović, the Mayor of Nikšić, has expressed his great satisfaction on the occasion of the completion of another substation by which the Montenegrin grid has been enhanced: “First of all, I would like to thank to Crnogorski elektroprenosni sistem for one of the biggest investments implemented in the last few years in Nikšić, in the amount of 11 million €. The old substation constructed in 1957 did not ensure a secure electricity supply of Nikšić. By constructing this substation, and reconstructing the existing one, Nikšić will solve its capital problems.”
Besides this project, because of which they are very proud in CGES, since this is the first time they constructed a substation in GIS technology and 110 kV cable as a whole, CGES is implementing also another project that is also very specific and demanding, and that is reconstruction and replacement of equipment in the mentioned, and oldest, substation in Montenegro located next to Steelworks Nikšić. After completing planned works, the facility will be completely reconstructed which together with the substation will greatly change the image of supply of consumers from the grid in Nikšić.
One of the segments of this reconstruction has been recently completed – replacement of transformer that has been in operation of almost 60 years with a new 40 MVA transformer. The value of works (performed by the company Elnos Podgorica) on replacement of the transformer is 800,000 €, and the value of other works related to reconstruction is about 700,000 €, meaning that CGES in these two investments in Nikšić invested in total 11 million €. The result of such investment is new 73 MVA of capacity from the gird, which is an increase about 80% compared to the present transformation capacity.
“We believe that with the almost completed investment in Kotor, these investments in Nikšić and yet a series of investment in progress, we have proved the multi-annual orientation of Crnogorski elektroprenosni sistem towards development and investment activities. Despite the complex environment in which we have been operating in the last few years, we have a permanent growth of implemented investments on yearly level, which in 2016 reached the amount of a record 30 million €. The total value of implemented investments in the previous seven years, since CGES has been operating as an independent commercial entity, amounts to imposing 112 million €”, Laketić has underlined.