PLAN INCREASE IN ELECTRIC POWER OUTPUT

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• Publication Date: March 8, 1950
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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL CONFIOFNTIA1
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FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BPOADCASTS CD NO.
Economic - Power
Daily newspapers
Ljubljana; Belgrade; Skoplje
13Jen-11b1950
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INFORMATION 1950
DATE DIST. 91 Mar 1950
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LANGUAGE Slovenian; Serbo-Croatian; Macedonian REPORT NO.
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4,350,000,000 KILOWATT-HOURS IN 1951 -- Glee, No 1426, 24 Jan 50
The Five-Year Plan provides for an increase in electric power in Yugoslavia
to 4,350,000,000 kilowatt-hours in 1951, or four timas as much as in 1939. Ac-
cording to these figures, the output of power per capita will increase from 72
kilowatt-hours in 1939 to 272 kilowatt-hours in 1951. The production of power
in 1948 was 2 billion kilowatt-hours and in 1949 it was 2,200,000,000 kilowatt-
hours. Moreover, 430 kilometers of 110-kilowatt power lines were produced in
1949. To date the following hydroelectric power plants are in operation:
Mariborski Otok with 18,000 kilowatts, Bogatic with 8,000, and Vlasenica with
1,000 kilowatts. The following steam-electric power plants are also in opera-
tion: Bitolj with 10,000 kilowatts, Kostolac with 8,000, Madjari with 3,000,
Cuprija with 2,500, and Kotor with 1,000 kilowatts, At the end of 1949, the
steam-electric power plant at Veliki Kostolac began trial operation. On 29 Novem-
ber Ito first generator unit of 10,500 kilowatts began production.
The following steam-electric power plants have begun or are about to be-
gin operation: Zrnovci, Mesici, Savica, Musovica Rijeka, Subotica, Zvezdan,
Master, Zagreb, and Zenica.
The hydroelectric power plant at Vlasina-Vila is one of the largest in
Serbia. It will produce 190 million kilowatt-hours per year.
Lake Vlasina, which is 9 kilometers long and has an area of 62 square
kilometers, will supply four power plants with water.
The hydroelectric power plants at jablanice. and at Rama on the Neretva
River will rapply Bosnia and Hercegovina as well as Dalmatia with power. The
power plant at Jab.lanica will be large enough to contain a building 12 stories
high and 50 meters long, and the water which will pass through the 2-kilometer-
long tunnel, will have the force of 220 locomotives. The power plant will pro-
duce two-thirds as much power as the Dnjeprostroj Power Plant produced before
the war.
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On the Drina River near Zvornik, a hydroelectric power plant is being built
which will supply western Serbia, eastern Bosnia, and a part of the Vojvodina
with paver.
The hydroelectric power plants at Mavrovo and at Vrben combined will have
218,000 horsepower.
The hydroelectric power plant at Vinodol will produce 185 million kilowatt-
hours 5per year]. The power plant is being Suitt underground, and the turbines
will be located in a dugout in a hill. Its first generator unit will be in opera-
tion at the end of 1950.
The following steam-electric power plants are under construction: Kakanj,
Kolubara, Sostanj, Lukavac, Kost-lac, and Kon,;acina. Combined, they will produce
1,150,000 kilowatt-hours per year, which is equivalent to the output of prewar
Yugoslavia.
The generator at Mariborski Otok, of Yugoslav manufacture, can operate
3,200 lathes or illuminate 100,000 homes.
In 1949 eight additional types of hydrogenerators were built by Yugoslav
factories. The "Bade Koncar" Enterprise is constructing electric motors of
800 horsepower.
ELECTRIFICATION IN MACEDONIA ADVANCES -- Nova Makedonija, No 1573, 26 Jan 50
By the end of 1949 the Macedonian enterprises in Shoplje for building
power lines and power plants constructed a power line with a rating of 110,000
volts. Over this power line, power of 35,000 volts is conveyed from Skoplje to
Titov Veles, where it is transformed by 1,000-kilowatt transformers for muni-
cipal and industrial uses. This is the first power line in Macedonia of that
particular voltage. It constitutes a section of the line which will lead to
the hydroelectric power plant at Mavrovo. A 35,000-volt power line was also
constructed recently between Tetovo and the "Padusa" Mine. Thus the mine will
be able to acquire power from two sources, from the hydroelectric power plant
at Tetovo and from Gorce Petrov.
During 1949 the Tetovo-Gostivar-Vrutok power line, with a capacity of
35,000 volts, was completed. This power line is very important because it has
been carrying power to the site of the hydroelectric power plant at Mavrovo
since August 1949, and in this way has been supplementing the insufficient
amount of power acquired from the Diesel power plant in Vrutok.
The Skoplje-Tetovo power-line system is being built simultaneously with
the "Zrnovci" Hydroelectric Power Plant, which will soon begin operation. In
addition to the projects of the Five-Year Plan, the 35;000-volt Stip-Titov
Veles power line is being built. A transformer station was constructed re-
cently in Stip.
On 1 May the following power lines will be in operation: Krupiste-Stip,
Krupiste to the mine at Zletovo, Krupiste-Kocane, and Kocane-Zrnovci. These
power lines will be supplied with power from the steam-electric power plant
at Zletovo, from Stip and Kocane, and from the "Zrnovci" hydroelectric power
plant.
The Madjari-Kumanovo power line acquires its power from the Skoplje-
Tetovo power line system and supplies Kumanovo with power. In 1950 also the
"Lojane" mina will be supplied with power.
A total of 208 kilometers of power lines were put into operation in 1949
in Macedonia.
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BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA TO INCREASE ELECTRIC POWER -- Slovenski Porocevalec, No
28, 1 Feb 50
The Jajce I and Jajce II hydroelectric power plants in Bosnia and Herce-
govina, which together will produce about 400 million kilowatt-hours per year,
are scheduled to be completed by the end of 1951. TLe Jajce I power plant alone
will pro' 'ce 240 million kilowatt-hours per year. The old hydroelectric power
plant, _.. the falls of the P]iva River near the confluence of the Pliva and Vrbas
rivers, produces only tens of millions of kilowatt-hours per year, but it was
the only hydroelectric power plant in prewar Bosnia and Hercegovina. A. pres-
ent his obsolete power plant furnishes most of its power to the "Elektro Bosna"
Electroc:iemical Enterprise.
In the very near future, Bosnia's third pow-r plant, at Mesici, will begin
operation. The hydroelectric power plant at Bogatici, south of Sarajevo, was
begun in 1947, and the hydroelectric power plant at Vlasenica, northeast of
Sarajevo, began operation in 1949. The hydroelectric power plant at Mesici,
which is four times as large as the power plant at Vlasenica, will have 4,400
horsepower and will produce about 20 million kilowatt-hours per year. This will
be the first Yugoslav-built power plant with underground machinery installations.
The power plant is equipped with a 2,200-ki]ovolt-ampere generator, built
by the "Bade Koncar" Enterprise; a 2,200-horsepower spiral Francis turbine from
the "Litostroj" Enterprise, and a 47-meter pipe, which guides water into the
turbine at a 67-degree angle, from the "Franc Leskosek" Enterprise. The rest
of the hydroelectric equipment was manufactured by the Main Power Workshop in
Stup near Sarajevo. The power plant at Mesici will be connected with the power
plants at Bogatici and Vlasenica and together with them will provide power for
Sarajevo and the Central Bosnian industrial basin.
BEGIN WORK ON STEAM ELECTRIC POWER PLANT -- Slovenski Porocevalec, No 11, 13 Jan 50
The "Neiman" Republic Construction Enterprise of Bosnia and Hercegovina in
1949 began the building of a large steam-electric power plant in Catici, which
Is near the coal mine at Kakanj. This is the second large steam-electric power
plant to be built in Bosnia and Hercegovina
Another steam-electric power plant was started at the beginning of 1949
near Lukavac in the Tuzla coal basin It. will supply the entire basin with
power. The concrete work on the power plant at Catici will continue through
'he winter. The power plant will use ,'.'e rejected coal of the coal mine at
Kakanj.
TO MAKE 2,500-KILOVOLT-AMPERE TRANSFORMERS -- Slovenski Porocevelec, No 17,
20 Jan 50
Thus far the "Rade Koncar" Electrical Pjachine Factory in Zagreb has been
serially constructing transformers of 1;000 kilovolt-amperes. In the very near
future it will begin the production of 2,500-kilovolt-ampere transformers. The
first transformer with the greater rating will begin operation soon in the new
hydroelectric power plant at Mesici in Bosnia and Hercegovina. These trans-
formers, which were constructed by engineers Velibor Ciglar and Branko Samea,
have built-in Buchholz or gas protectors to prevent the transformers from catch-
ing fire. The first 2,500-kilovcl:-ampere transformer has already been tested.
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WORK BEGINS ON PRIIBP-BITOLJ POWER LINE -- Politika, No 13458, 26 Jan 50
Work on the 35,000-volt Prilep-Bitolj power line, which is 42 kilometers
long, started in aid January 1950. The Titov Veles-Stip power line was com-
pleted recently. The power, which will go through the Prilep-Bitol,j line; will
be generated by the steam-electric power plant in Bitolj. Later on, the power
will be provided by the "Sapuncica" Hydroelectric Power Plant, which is now
under construction.
A large dam will be constructed on the Neretva River near Jablanica dur-
ing 1950. The dam will create an artificial lake over 30 square kilometers in
area, which will flood the five villages, Prapraako, Ostrozac, Lisici, 9ama,
and Donje Selo. From these villages 304 families will have to be evacuated.
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