In March 2025, the Government of Montenegro issued urban planning and technical requirements for the construction of the B1 solar power plant at Kapino polje.
The Environmental Protection Agency said the environmental impact assessment report for the Kapino polje B1 solar power plant is in accordance with the Law on Environmental Impact Assessment and that it contained measures to prevent, reduce, or eliminate harmful impacts on the environment. The report was produced by Eko-centar.
The construction of the solar power plant is planned in the cadastral municipality of Štedim, just 2.7 kilometers of straight line distance from the center of Nikšić, the small country’s second-largest city.
The B1 solar power plant is the first of four that EPCG plans to build at Kapino polje
The solar power plant at the Kapino polje plain will have 19,704 photovoltaic modules of 580 W each. It translates to 11.4 MW in peak capacity, while the project area covers 16 hectares.
The expected annual electricity generation in the first year of operation is 15.8 GWh. The solar power plant is planned to be connected at the 10 kV voltage level via two medium-voltage cables between two 10/0.8 kV substations and the Kličevo 110/10 kV substation.
B1 is the first of a total of four solar power plants that EPCG plans to build at Kapino polje, near Nikšić. The others are called B2, L1, and L2, and the investment is valued at EUR 35.1 million in total.
Solar power projects at Kapino polje were criticized last year by the Center for Protection and Research of Birds (CZIP). The organization claimed that EPCG should not start the works without environmental approval and warned that Kapino polje is an ecologically sensitive area.
According to the analysis Mapping the Potential of Solar and Wind Energy in the Municipality of Nikšić, published by Eko-tim and The Nature Conservancy, Kapino polje was identified as a conflict zone for the construction of energy facilities due to the high sensitivity of the area. CZIP also referred to the Local Biodiversity Action Plan of the Municipality of Nikšić 2024–2029, which recognizes Kapino polje as Montenegro’s fourth potential Ramsar site – a wetland of international importance – and a future Natura 2000 site.
CZIP also pointed out that Kapino polje is within Nikšićko polje, an area of global importance for bird conservation, one of the so-called Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, or IBAs.
However, the report approved by the Environmental Protection Agency states that the specific location is not formally identified as an IBA nor a special protection area, or SPA, within the Natura 2000 network. At the same time, it acknowledges that the wider area of Nikšićko polje is important for the presence, feeding, and migration of certain bird species, especially in relation to wet and seasonally flooded habitats.
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