USAID, EPBiH to analyze power plant permitting
Peter Duffy, mission director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and Bajazit Jašarević, general manager of Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine d.d. (Electric Utility of Bosnia and Herzegovina – EPBiH), signed a memorandum of understanding which defines cooperation between the state-owned company and USAID Energy Investment Activity (EIA) for the analysis of the permitting process […]
Project of using cogeneration from biomass presented in BiH
The project of energy efficiency by using cogeneration from biomass is worth about EUR 150 million to be invested in 40 municipalities, said Gordan Milinić, head of Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Speaking about the presentation of the project held in Sarajevo, he stressed it will create new jobs and improve the […]
Landline Mostar 4 – Široki Brijeg – Grude reconstructed
Works on the reconstruction of the 110 kV transmission line Mostar 4 – Široki Brijeg – Grude are finished. After an internal technical acceptance process it was put into operation, transmission operator Transco (Elektroprenos-Elektroprijenos Bosne i Hercegovine a.d.) announced on its website. The landline is a part of a former Kraljevac–Mostar line, built on reinforced […]
EPBiH to partner Hungarian MVM in green power projects
A memorandum of cooperation will be signed by September between state-owned Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine d. d. (Electric Utility of Bosnia and Herzegovina – EPBiH) and MVM Group, headquartered in Hungary. The state-owned company aims to launch joint projects with new partners, according to a statement by the Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry (FMERI) […]
EKO-REM inks deal for mini hydropower plant Jabuka
Prime minister of Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde Emir Oković signed a concession contract with Mensud Pekmez, director of company EKO-REM from Sarajevo for the construction of mini hydropower plant Jabuka on the river Kolina near Ustikolina. The contract foresees exploitation in the next 30 years and the construction of a power plant with 700 kW in […]
Court cancels environmental permit for small hydro facility
Environmental group Zeleni Neretva said that after a three-year process, the Cantonal Court in Sarajevo issued a judgment which cancelled ecological permits for the construction of hydropower plant Dindo on the river Ljuta. Environmental permits for this one and two other power plants on the Ljuta – Memiškovići and Donje Luko, were issued in May […]
Summer school on renewables’ role in local development
The Regional Education and Information Centre (REIC) issued an invitation for its twelfth summer school in Fojnica, west of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital Sarajevo. This time the subject is ‘Renewable energy sources as driving force for local development’. Targeted participants are final year master students, PhD students and young professionals dealing with energy issues from […]
GIZ to promote renewable energy sources in BiH
The German government supports Bosnia and Herzegovina in the field of renewable energy sources through various financial arrangements through the KfW Development Bank, said Operator za OIEiEK, authority for renewable energy sources and efficient cogeneration. Based on the requirements of governmental institutions in BiH, Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has approved […]
