PLOMIN I STEAM PLANT TO SWITCH TO IMPORTED SULPHUR-FREE COAL

( Editorial: --> 7207 ) ZAGREB, May 28 (Hina) - A DM8.6 million-worth agreement was signed in Zagreb Thursday on the replacement of the electric filter installation in the Plomin I steam power plant, on the northern Adriatic peninsula of Istria. A new electric filter will make it possible to fully abandon the use of domestic charcoal extremely rich with sulphur and switch to the exclusive use of imported pit coal, which contains only one per cent of sulphur. According to Croatia's Electric Utility Co. (HEP), the electric filter installation should be installed by year's end. It will make emissions from Plomin I fully compatible with European and Croatian standards for environment protection. The new installation is part of a programme on the revitalisation of Plomin I, which has been carried out for several years. Today's agreement was signed by HEP's Damir Kopjar, Norbert Seyfert, sales manager with the filter manufacturer the German company Rotemuehle, and Pavo Ancic of Djuro Djakovic Engineering. (hina) ha as/mbr 281537 MET may 98