March 18 (SeeNews) - Serbia is considering the construction of four natural gas-fired power plants and several liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in order to encourage the country's re-industrialisation, President Aleksandar Vucic has said.
The gas-fired power plants are planned to be built in Kragujevac, Nis, Belgrade and Novi Sad, while the LNG terminals will be located in western Serbia, Vucic said in an interview for private broadcaster Pink TV.
A video file of the interview was posted on the YouTube channel of the ruling populist conservative party SNS on Sunday.
"In this way, we set up the proper conditions for the re-industrialisation of Serbia," Vucic said in the video file.
Gazprom Energoholding, a subsidiary of Gazprom, is considering the construction of up to four power plants in Serbia, Russian media quoted the company's director general, Denis Fedorov, as saying earlier this month.
Gazprom launched last week the construction of a 200 MW gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Pancevo - the first of its kind in Serbia. The commissioning of the power plant is planned for 2020.