KfW signs EUR 18.5 million financing agreement with Raiffeisen to fund energy efficiency projects
German development bank KfW has signed a EUR 18.5 million financing agreement with Raiffeisen Bank in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in a continuation of long-standing cooperation on funding projects to improve energy efficiency, according to a press release from KfW. “It is my pleasure to sign this agreement and thereby continue our successful cooperation with […]
Ugljevik 3 power plant project not to use approved environmental permit
Bosnia and Herzegovina committed not to use the environmental permit issued as a result of the non-compliant environmental impact assessment procedure of the planned 600 MW Ugljevik 3 thermal power plant (TPP) in Republika Srpska, the Energy Community (EnC) Secretariat said in a press release. The commitment came as a result of mediation conducted under […]
Consultant selected to help award EUR 200 million HPP Dabar project
Hidroelektrana Dabar has selected a consortium led by AF-Consult Switzerland Ltd. in tendering to provide legal, financial, and technical advisory services in the process of awarding a turnkey/engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for a 160 MW Dabar hydropower plant (HPP Dabar), according to the website of Hidroelektrana Dabar, which operates as part of Hidroelektrane […]
Banja Luka rejects initiative to build new hydropower plant on Vrbas river
The City of Banja Luka has rejected an initiative for the construction of the Krupa hydropower plant (HPP) on the Vrbas river, as it was not backed by an environmental impact study, Mayor Igor Radojičić said following a recent meeting with representatives of 36 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) gathered in the Coalition for Vrbas. Radojičić explained […]
Federation BiH updates renewables action plan
The Federation of BiH, one of the two political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has updated its renewables action plan (APOEF), citing exhausted dynamic quotas for solar energy facilities and the absence of dynamic quotas for biogas facilities, as well as investors’ requests for obtaining the status of privileged and potentially privileged power producers, particularly […]
Luka Petrović named acting GM of power utility ERS – vacancy announcement ahead for post of general manager
Luka Petrović, who has so far served as mayor of Trebinje, was named acting general manager of Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), the power utility of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s entity Republika Srpska, on November 16, after Radmila Čičković resigned the post citing personal reasons, according to a press release from ERS. Luka Petrović was appointed to […]
UNDP financing Sarajevo – Smart City Initiative to help improve environmental public services
The City of Sarajevo and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) officially launching cooperation under the Sarajevo – Smart City Initiative. The project will support identification and piloting of technology-based solutions that help improve public services such as those in the area of air […]
Elektrokrajina launches tendering for supply of ancillary equipment for 2 business units
Power distribution company Elektrokrajina, a subsidiary of state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), has launched tendering for the supply of ancillary equipment for business units in Banja Luka and Srbac. At the end of September, the company also published invitations for tenders from would-be contractors for the reconstruction of medium and low voltage networks […]