(ANSA) - BELGRADE, MAY 22 - The Russian company Gazprom Energoholding is considering the option of constructing a new power plant in Serbia with a capacity of 300 MW, the specialized portal SeeNews reported, quoting Gazprom director general Denis Fedorov.

"We are planning another power plant project of about 300 MW, it is called Kragujevac," Fedorov said in a video posted on the official Gazprom channel on YouTube, recalling that in Serbia the Russian company "has already started one project". The reference is to "a 200 MW gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Pancevo - the first of its kind in Serbia," SeeNews informed, recalling that Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic announced in March that Serbia is aiming at constructing four natural gas powered plants in the country, in Kragujevac, Nis, Belgrade and Novi Sad. (ANSA).