ANNUAL REPORT - HSE

All project construction work was carried out. The
drive facility was constructed and the machinery installation
was finalised within this facility and the electricity
equipment facility. The second gas turbine was
supplied and the installation of machinery, electrical
equipment and gas turbine control was completed. All
the necessary equipment was delivered and installed,
and all electrical installations were completed. The
connecting pipeline was supplied and installed from
the MDS to the gas turbines.
In mid July, a technical inspection was carried out for
the issue of an operating permit for the gas turbine
and the pipelines connected to Unit 4, and for start-up
of a trial run. The operating permit for the two turbines
is expected to be acquired in April 2009.
Middle Sava River
HSE was appointed concessionaire for the construction
of an HPP on the middle Sava River at the end of 2004.
Nine HPPs are planned to be constructed on the middle
Sava River's section between Tacen and Suhadol
with a total rated power of 304 MW. The purpose of the
project is to boost the utilisation of the Sava River's
hydro potential and increase the power and production
of the HSE Group.
In 2008 the concession contract continued to be coordinated
and further preparatory work was carried
out for research, measurements and the necessary
technical documentation.
The project investor is TEŠ.
The project investor is HSE.
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PSP Kozjak
PSP Kozjak will increase the competitive strength of
DEM and HSE in terms of production and economy.
It will enable the pumping of water during periods of
low electricity prices, and the generation of electricity
during periods of higher electricity prices. The higher
reliability of electricity supply will result in favourable
economic effects for HSE and DEM.
In 2008 various scientific bases, which are required to
amend the NSP programme, prepare technical documentation,
and facilitate decisions by project engineers,
planners and the investor, were commissioned
and prepared. Scientific bases required in connection
with NSP-related documents have been finalised.
Additional bases were prepared according to the requirements
stated at the public presentation. Also
drafted were impact assessments, an assessment of
the plant's impact on the development of the environment,
a traffic study, geomechanical conditions, and a
study of the electricity market.
The investment programme, revised and approved by
the Review Committee, was produced based on the
supplemented preliminary design project.
The project investor is DEM.
Other investments of the
HSE Group
Termoelektrarna Trbovlje
In June 2008 a contract was signed through a tender
on the supply of equipment and services for a loading
station for TET coal. The delivery date for the entire
coal loading station based on the turn-key principle,
including spare parts and successfully completed trial
operation, is within 18 months of signing the contract.
Technologically, this involves a double front-tipping
device and the use of Eas series wagons allowing for
the possibility of wagons fitted for bottom emptying,
as the feeding chute will be covered by a steel grid.
The bulk of funds allocated in 2008 to investments in
reliable operation went for increasing the power of
the turbo aggregate, retrofitting of the low-pressure
section, purchase of a Taprogge filter for water cooling,
replacement of the electrical protection of the 125
MW unit, renovation of the ground foundations of the
large-scale rotating excavator line, the acquisition of
a dust distribution measurement device, and the purchase
of the most needed machinery and tools for the
mechanical and electrical service.
Among environmental investments, most funds were
invested in the disposal of waste products – the programme
for adaptation of the Prapretno non-hazard-