EPBiH adopts business plan 2020-2022, plans to invest EUR 951 million
Power utility Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) plans to invest EUR 951 million through 2022, according to business plan for 2020-2022. The document was adopted by the shareholders’ assembly. Investments are planned in the production and supply of electricity, for capital projects, recapitalization of mines, and non-electricity subsidiaries, as well as joint projects, EPBiH said on its […]
Sarajevo Canton to take out loan for energy efficiency in 40 public buildings
The Sarajevo Canton government has approved taking out an EUR 8 million loan and accepting a EUR 2 million grant for an energy efficiency project in public buildings. The funds will go towards a project called “Energy efficiency in public buildings of the Sarajevo Canton,” whose aim is to improve energy efficiency in about 40 […]
NGOs file lawsuits against small hydropower plants on Neretva, Neretvica rivers
Non-governmental organizations have filed or drafted lawsuits against the competent ministries in the Federation of BiH and the Republic of Srpska, the entities comprising Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), for non-compliance with law in the procedure of approving the construction of five small hydropower plants (SHPPs). BiH also made news a few weeks ago when, despite […]
Republic of Srpska awards Bileća solar power plant concession to EFT
Vuk Hamović’s firm will sign the contract for a 60 MW photovoltaic system as bidding finished. The formal process for the Bileća solar power plant began in January following a request by EFT. The Government of the Republic of Srpska has decided to sign a contract with EFT International Investments Holding Ltd. for the construction […]
EPBiH starts construction of 48 MW wind park Podveležje
Elektroprivreda BiH said engineers are carrying out blasting works for the foundations of 15 future turbines near Mostar. Siemens Gamesa, Wind Power, HP Investing and Minersko are responsible for the project. EPBiH is investing EUR 83 million in wind park Podveležje. Bosnia and Herzegovina’s JP Elektroprivreda BiH has announced activities continued at the site of […]
Locals block construction of two small hydropower plants on Bjelava river in BiH
Despite a ban on gatherings due to the coronavirus, residents of Foča blocked the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs) Bjelava and Mala Bjelava. They are two out of the five SHPPs that are being built in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time of lockdowns introduced to slow the spread of the COVID-19 infection. Representatives of the […]
Republic of Srpska terminates 5 concessions for small hydropower plants
The Government of the Republic of Srpska has canceled five concession contracts for the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs) on the Crna, Grabovička and Vrbanja rivers as even after 14 years the investors have not been able to build them. The slightly smaller of the two entities making up Bosnia and Herzegovina issued a […]
EPHZHB’s Miroslav Nikolić: Despite obstacles, green energy development is possible and achievable
The energy transition is slowly taking hold in Western Balkan countries. A prominent place among the region’s power utilities, which are the pillars of national power systems, belongs to Elektroprivreda Hrvatske Zajednice Herceg Bosne (EPHZHB), whose two new renewable energy facilities – hydropower plant Mostarsko Blato and Mesihovina wind farm – have demonstrated that green […]