Construction of new CHP plant in Zenica starts, completion expected by end of 2020
New combined heat and power (CHP) plant Toplana Zenica, expected to start operation in 2021, will eliminate the use of coal for district heating and utilize waste gases from the ArcelorMittal Zenica steel plant, it was said during the official start of the construction works in the town in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. The CHP […]
TMD Group to produce components for Mitsubishi Motors electric cars
TMD Group will produce components in Bosnia and Herzegovina for electric cars manufactured by Japanese automotive giant Mitsubishi Motors. According to local media, TMD has recently started the construction of a new facility, an investment estimated at BAM 20 million (EUR 10.2 million). Test production at the company’s existing facilities in Gradačac has already begun […]
Investment Group Balkan eyes solar park in Sokolac municipality in BiH
Investment Group Balkan has expressed its interest in building a solar power plant on 100 hectares in Sokolac municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Representatives of the company, whose founders are from Russia, China and Lithuania, accompanied by Gordan Milinić, director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BiH (FIPA), discussed the investment with Milovan Bjelica, […]
FBiH government greenlights Ivovik, Orlovača wind farms
The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) has given the initial consent for issuing energy permits for wind farms Ivovik, with the capacity of 84 MW, and Orlovača, which has 42.9 MW. The two units are planned to be built in the municipalities of Tomislavgrad and Livno. In January, FBiH also gave […]
BiH to meet Third Energy Package requirements through cooperation between all levels of government
In our work on meeting Bosnia and Herzegovina’s obligations under the EU’s Third Energy Package, we will use the “1+1+1” cooperation format, which has been backed by the entities’ ministers. I insist on this model because I firmly believe it is necessary to establish a bolder and more intense communication between all levels of government, […]
EPBiH gets concession for Vlašić wind power project
There are several wind farms planned for the plateau of Vlašić and Galica. Meanwhile, the company is about to begin building the Podveležje facility and the Trusina concession process is being restarted in the Republic of Srpska. Six contracts have been signed for a wind energy system on Vlašić mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The […]
Sarajevo to track builders’ impact on air quality; kindergartens get purifiers
Preschoolers in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital will breathe more easily after the procurement in which UNDP assisted local authorities. The cantonal government also prepared a methodology and dispersion model for air pollution sources and the effect of structures planned for construction. A severe deterioration in air quality in the past months prompted public outcry and […]
Sarajevo gets EUR 35 million in loans for greener public transport
The Ministry of Finance and Treasury of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the EBRD have signed two loan agreements supported under the lender’s Green Cities program for public transport in Sarajevo. The investments will help Sarajevo, one of the cities that have the most polluted air not only in the region but in the entire world, […]