EPBiH has opted for decarbonization, but progress on building renewable energy capacities is slow
State power utility Elektropriveda Bosne i Hercegovine (EPBiH) has opted for decarbonization, company officials say, but time will tell how successful it will be. Emir Aganović, adviser to EPBiH’s general manager, says that progress so far has been slow and that there are numerous obstacles impeding the construction of replacement capacities – power plants using […]
Parliament of Republic of Srpska rejects motion to ban small hydropower plants
The Center for Environment demanded from Minister of Energy and Mining Petar Đokić to resign after his party didn’t back a moratorium on the construction of small hydropower plants in the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska. Only 40 representatives supported the proposition, and 42 votes were needed to pass it. Parliamentarians in Banja […]
Republic of Srpska adopts new law on electricity in line with EU’s Third Energy Package
The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska has adopted a new law on electricity, which transposes the EU’s Third Energy Package and paves the way for market liberalization. The law envisages the unbundling, the reorganization of state-owned Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), introduces the status of a protected consumer, the possibility of establishing energy cooperatives, […]
Preparatory works on Buk Bijela hydropower plant to start in September
The Republic of Srpska is waiting for the approval of BiH’s competition authorities to be able to start preparatory works for the Buk Bijela hydropower plant. It is developing the project together with Serbia and the establishment of a joint firm has already been agreed. Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), state-owned electricity producer in Bosnia and […]
Federation of BiH bans construction of small hydropower plants
The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has three months to produce bills and ban small hydropower plants after the entity’s legislators voted in favor of the recommendations from the Declaration on the Protection of the Western Balkans Rivers. The House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina passed a declaration […]
Elektroprenos BiH approves EUR 88.9 million investment plan for 2020
The shareholders’ assembly of electricity transmission company Elektroprenos – Elektroprijenos BiH has approved the EUR 88.9 million investment plan for 2020. The adoption of the plan is the result of an agreement between the prime ministers of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) and the Republic of Srpska (RS) Fadil Novalić and Radovan Višković, […]
Bosnia’s Tuzla to allocate EUR 184,000 to reduce air pollution
The City of Tuzla has announced a public call for the allocation of EUR 184,000 to co-finance four measures to reduce air pollution in individual residential and commercial buildings. The funds should be enough for investments in about one hundred buildings, according to the authorities’ estimation. The same amount will be allocated for each of […]
ERS lowers capacity in its first solar power plant plan to 73 MW
As ERS is preparing for the public call, the authorities in the Republic of Srpska in BiH said the company’s solar power plant Trebinje 1 would be smaller than in initial projections. The terms of the 50-year concession are about to be negotiated. State-owned electricity producer Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske or ERS informed the Government of […]