Sweden provides EUR 616,113 for energy management in BiH
Sweden’s government is allocating an additional BAM 1.2 million (about EUR 616,113) grant to the Green Economic Development (GED) project, implemented by UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina, aiming to improve energy management in public buildings in BiH. Marie Bergstrom, Head of the Development Cooperation at the Embassy of Sweden in BiH, and Sukhrob Khoshmukhamedov, UNDP BiH […]
Brave Women of Kruščica win EuroNatur Award for averting construction of 2 SHPPs
The Brave Women of Kruščica have won the EuroNatur Award for 2019 for their 500-day action that prevented the construction of two small hydropower plants (HPPs) in the village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. For more than 500 days and nights, a group of women from the village of Kruščica blocked a bridge crossing the river […]
Evaluation of applications for HPP Dabar project to be repeated
The evaluation of applications to bid for financing and building hydropower plant HPP Dabar will have to be repeated, after part of the procedure was annulled following a complaint filed by one of the applicants, a consortium of China National Electric Engineering Co. Ltd (CNEEC) and Slovenia’s RIKO, local media reported. Bosnia and Herzegovina’s office […]
China’s AVIC offers to finance, build HPP Buk Bijela, 4 small hydropower plants
China National Aero-Technology International Engineering Corporation (AVIC) has expressed interest in the construction of three large hydropower plants (HPPs) – Buk Bijela, Foča, and Paunci – and four small hydropower plants (SHPPs), the Ministry of Energy and Mining said on its website. Energy and Mining Minister Petar Đokic met with potential partners from China – […]
Workshop on European Mobility Week held for 14 municipalities, cities in BiH
The Association of Municipalities and Cities of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) and the Association of Local Authorities of Republika Srpska, in cooperation with the European Secretariat of European Mobility Week and the financial support of the GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), organized a workshop on the […]
TENDERING: Detailed energy audits for 18 buildings in Sarajevo Canton
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina has issued a call for the provision of services to conduct detailed energy audits for 18 buildings in the Sarajevo Canton. The application deadline is July 25, the UNDP said in a procurement notice. The list of 18 public buildings in the Sarajevo Canton: Therapeutic […]
Power utility ERS to borrow EUR 307 million for new renewable energy power plants
The Government of Republika Srpska intends to provide state guarantees for loans worth BAM 600 million (about EUR 307 million) for power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) to invest in renewable energy power plants and overhaul coal-fired power plants. The Republika Srpska parliament has adopted a decision on the value of state guarantees that the […]
Solar Pecka crowdfunding campaign raises USD 6,687
The Solar Pecka crowdfunding campaign to install a system of solar thermal collectors and solar panels on the Visitor Center Pecka in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been successfully completed. Solar Pecka is now the country’s first citizen initiative to bring solar energy to the rural area. The village of Pecka is located near the city […]