Enprode, Imres Smart sign memorandum on Livno wind farm
Turkey’s engineering and construction company Enprode and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s renewable energy project developer Imres Smart have signed a memorandum of cooperation for the construction of the Livno wind farm. The memorandum was signed during the 9th Sarajevo Business Forum by Yuksel Guler, CEO of Enprode and Pero Vrdoljak, top man at Imres Smart. “The […]
Bosnia to apply for IPA funds for environmental protection
Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH) will apply for financing from the European Union IPA funds 2018 for environmental protection projects, BiH Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Minister Mirko Šarović said after a meeting of the Council of Ministers. Minister Šarović said that Bosnia-Herzegovina will request a total of EUR 50 million and specified that EUR 20 million of […]
Republika Srpska’s ERS management board resignation over record losses accepted
The supervisory board of Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) accepted the resignations of the ERS management board and appointed new members. Radmila Čičković is new acting director of the ERS. The management board – acting director Željko Kovačević, his deputy Branislav Milekić, and members Maksim Skoko, Blagoje Šupić and Nenad Radović – resigned over losses which […]
Energy minister announces reorganization of public utility ERS
Public utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) will have to go through major transformation in the first half of 2019 in order to become even more efficient in its business, the Bosnian Serb entity’s Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining Petar Đokić said. According to media reports, he noted that two major obstacles to ERS’ development […]
Energy Cooperatives – Innovative Business Model for Energy Turn in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Author: Prof. Azrudin Husika, Ph.D. Eng. MA, President of the Regional Education and Information Center for Sustainable Development in South-East Europe (REIC) Big decisions are in the pipeline for the energy sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Considering the importance of energy in BiH, these decisions will define the development of the entire economy, while their adoption […]
Fourth Energy Summit in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Neum, April 25 – 27
The Fourth Energy Summit in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will take place April 25 – 27 in Neum. The gathering is organized and financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The summit will be focused on sustainable development of the energy sector in BiH, renewable […]
New EUR 5 million loan for energy efficiency in BiH
A loan of up to EUR 5 million is now available to individuals, residents’ associations, producers, service providers, suppliers and vendors of green technologies for energy efficiency investments in residential sector. The funds are provided by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and will be distributed through services of MKF Partner, a microfinance institution […]
Bulgarian company eyeing investment in solar energy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgarian company Lada Nar is eyeing investment opportunities in the energy sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH), primarily in solar energy. The Director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BH (FIPA) Goran Milinić talked to Erdinch Ramadan, representative of the Bulgarian company, and the Ambassador of BiH to Bulgaria Radomir Bogdanović about the possibilities […]