Bin Commerce Builds 2.8 MW Solar Plant in Krusevac

Belgrade company Bin Commerce is building a 2,800 kilowatt solar power plant in the Dedina neighborhood near Krusevac, according to documentation for an amended building permit. The work is valued at 287,972,181 dinars, about 2.5 million euros at the mid market exchange rate, and this is the first solar plant to be built in this Krusevac neighborhood.

The plant is going up at 6 Sandor Petefi Street, on a plot inside a factory complex that once belonged to the Zupa plant. According to the project documentation, the facility falls under category G. The solar panels are not being mounted on a roof but placed directly on the ground, tilted at 22 degrees, across an area of 15,158 square meters, just over a hectare and a half of land covered in panels.

Dividing the estimated cost of the works by the installed capacity puts the investment at roughly 102,800 dinars per kilowatt, or about 894 euros per kilowatt of installed capacity.

Who is behind the project

Investor Bin Commerce d.o.o. took ownership of the Zupa plant in Krusevac in 2017. The solar plant is a new investment within that factory complex and, according to the available documentation, no similar plant has been built in the Dedina neighborhood before now.

The technical documentation, specifically the excerpt from the amended building permit project, was prepared by Ceefor d.o.o. of Belgrade in October 2025. The responsible designer is Milos Salete, a mechanical engineer, whose name appears in the designer’s statement attached to the technical documentation.

Substations and the construction deadline

Alongside the solar field, two container type substations are planned, designated TS SE1 and TS SE2, each covering 30 square meters, with a 0.4 to 10 kilovolt transformation ratio. That means the substations step up the voltage generated by the panels from the low voltage level of 0.4 kilovolts to the medium voltage level of 10 kilovolts, at which the electricity is then carried further through the lines. The substations are linked by 10 kilovolt cable lines, which carry the current from the solar field on to the factory complex’s grid. This avoids the losses that would result from transmitting low voltage electricity over a longer distance within the complex.

Bin Commerce, at its own request, was granted an extension for completing the works. The new deadline for finishing the plant is December 31, 2026. The documentation does not state the reason for the extension or the original deadline it replaced.

Why this matters for Krusevac

The plant in Dedina is being built within the boundaries of an existing factory complex rather than on a separate plot dedicated solely to producing electricity for sale to the grid, which suggests the output is meant for the needs of the plant itself, the facility that once operated under the name Zupa.

The 2,800 kilowatt, or 2.8 megawatt, capacity is spread across 15,158 square meters of panels. With the construction deadline pushed to the end of 2026, the plant should, on that timeline, be ready to start operating before the year is out.

The documentation attached to this project does not mention any earlier investments by Bin Commerce in the Krusevac complex beyond taking over the Zupa plant’s assets in 2017, so it remains to be seen whether the investor will file for additional phases of production expansion at this site in the coming period.

Ceefor d.o.o. was engaged on this project as the design firm, responsible for the technical documentation, while Bin Commerce is the investor and future owner of the plant. The documentation’s preparation date, October 2025, shows the project had been in the works for at least ten months before the construction deadline was extended to the end of 2026.