Renting electric scooters now available in Sarajevo
Residents and visitors to Sarajevo can now rent electric scooters with the BeeBee app. There are 72 vehicles available. Throughout the world, e-scooters are seen as one of the ways to reduce traffic jams and air pollution. Time will tell if this can help Sarajevo, which is one of the cities with the most polluted […]
Applications open for solar panels to improve tourist offer of katuns
Rural households in Bosnia and Herzegovina that accomodate tourists in katuns will be able to enrich their offer by installing solar panels for electricity production. Owners of the characteristic rural houses located in the Prokoško lake, Vrtača, Golica, Gvožđanske staje and Otigošćanske staje can apply until September 15 for photovoltaic panels within the project called […]
Energy transition in BiH: burden or chance for development
Experts Damir Miljević, Nikola Rajaković and Igor Kalaba called for reform and the beginning of the energy transition away from coal in BiH. The new analysis indicates the process would be the most cost effective if started right away. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) must begin the energy transition process in earnest as soon as possible […]
BiH regulator doubles capacity for renewables integration in grid
The maximum capacity of wind farms and solar power plants that can be connected to the BiH power system was increased from 460 MW to 840 MW for wind and from 400 MW to 825 MW for solar. The decision was made by the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERK) upon the proposal of the Independent […]
Suzlon to use fewer, stronger turbines for 25 MW Ivan Sedlo wind park
The subsidiary of a Danish-based company requested another environmental permit after revising the project for a wind power plant near Sarajevo. Suzlon said the Ivan Sedlo facility would consist of five instead of 12 units. The Ministry of Environment and Tourism of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina said Suzlon Wind Energy BH filed a […]
Four solar power plants to be built at Russian-owned Brod oil refinery
The Russian owners of oil refinery Brod (RNB), which has been out of service for two years now, plan to build four solar power plants on the refinery’s grounds, and have already applied for renewable energy incentives with the Regulatory Commission for Energy of Republic of Srpska – RERS. Capital.ba has learned that the four […]
Construction of first wind farm in Republic of Srpska to start in October
The construction of the Grebak wind farm, the first in the Republic of Srpska, is expected to start in October. The investment in the 50 MW wind farm is estimated at around EUR 65 million. The concession agreement between the Ministry of Energy and Mining of the Republic of Srpska and German company VE Grebak […]
1,700 MW of renewables could be connected to grid in BiH
The Independent System Operator in Bosnia and Herzegovina (NOSBiH) has proposed an increase in the maximum capacity of wind farms and solar power plants that could be connected to the BiH power system. It should be lifted from 460 MW to 840 MW for wind farms and from 400 MW to 825 MW for solar […]
