Electricity prices for industry to increase 14% – ERS general manager
Luka Petrović, general manager of public power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), has announced that prices for the industry will increase by 14% on average, but that they will still be the lowest in the Balkans. The announcement instantly riled up the Republika Srpska Chamber of Commerce and trade unions, which called for the electricity […]
Cantonal government moves on EUR 61.3 million wind farm project
The government of the Una-Sana Canton has authorized Prime Minister Mustafa Ružnić to sign an agreement with Croatia’s Ivicom Consulting, part of Austria’s Ivicom Holding, concerning a project to build a wind farm in the Bihać area. The wind farm is to be built under an investment of around BAM 120 million (some EUR 61.3 […]
Tendering: Concession to build small hydropower plant Štedrić 1
The Republika Srpska Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Mining has launched tendering for a concession to build the Štedrić 1 small hydropower plant (SHPP) on the river Štedrić, a tributary of the river Zeleni Jadar. The construction of SHPP Štedrić 1, with an estimated installed capacity of 0.58 MW and annual output of 3.54 GWh […]
Tendering for concession to build Ljubinje solar park flops
The Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Mining of Republika Srpska has repealed a decision to award a concession for the construction and operation of the Ljubinje solar photovoltaic (PV) power station after the tendering announcement, published in the summer of 2018, attracted no bids. A 50-year concession had been envisaged for the project worth BAM […]
4th Meeting of the Green Club of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH
Supporting the work of the Green Club of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), GIZ ORF-EE partner – School of Political Studies from BiH, in collaboration with the GIZ Open Regional Fund for SEE-Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), organized from 14 to 15 December the 4th Meeting of the Green Club of BiH. The meeting […]
Elektroprivreda BiH adopts Business Plan for 2019-2021
Public power utility Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine (EPBiH) is planning to bring the Podveležje wind farm, small hydropower plants (SHPPs) on the Neretvica river, and the Vranduk hydropower plant (HPP) phase I online in the next three years, as well as to start the construction of Unit 7 of the Tuzla thermal power plant (TPP), […]
Tendering launched for concession to build 49.5 MW Grebak wind farm
The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of the Republic of Srpska has announced a public invitation to award a concession to build and operate the Grebak wind farm in Nevesinje, with an estimated capacity of 49.5 MW and an annual output of 130 GWh of electricity. The plant will not receive state subsidies for renewable energy […]
Renewable Energy Hard Talk to kick off in Sarajevo on December 4
Sarajevo hosts the latest in a series of Renewable Energy Hard Talks organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) on December 4-5. The two-day event at the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), titled New Possibilities for Developing Renewable Energy Sustainably in BiH, will be followed by Hard Talks in Montenegro […]