Summer school on renewable energy as the driving force for local development
For the 12th year in a row, from 21 to 27 August, the municipality of Fojnica in Bosnia and Herzegovina is hosting a regional summer school covering topics on sustainable energy and energy planning. It is organized by the Regional Information and Education Centre (REIC), in collaboration with the German cooperation GIZ, the Konrad Adenauer […]
Banja Luka, EBRD ink heating plant restructuring deal
Mayor of Banja Luka Slobodan Gavranović, director of the local district heating utility Mićo Milovanović and head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s office in Bosnia and Herzegovina Ian Brown signed a mandatory letter on the operational and financial restructuring of Toplana a.d. Banja Luka, news agency Srna reported. The contract also includes investments in […]
EPBiH to get Podveležje wind power plant site online
Bajazit Jašarević, chief executive of Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine dd (Electric Utility of Bosnia and Herzegovina – EPBiH), and Senad Salkić, chief capital investment officer of the utility, signed a contract on connecting wind park Podveležje to 110 kV transmission network with Matan Zarić, head of Transco (Elektroprenos-Elektroprijenos BiH ad), and Cvjetko Žepinić, its director […]
Biogas plant near Šamac finishes trial operation
Biogas-fired heat and power plant Buffalo Energy Gold MG in Novo Selo near Šamac, a town in the northeastern part of the Republika Srpska, is expected to begin full production of electricity in fifteen days, and in the next 15 years it be delivering electricity to the network. Owner Goran Mitrović said the investment is completed, […]
Bosanska Krupa to rehabilitate Krivodol landfill
In 2014, the European Union has approved a grant in the amount of EUR 1 million for the rehabilitation of landfill Krivodol in the northwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The administrative procedures lasted until recently, and now everything is ready for the call for bids for the closure and rehabilitation of the facility, the Municipality […]
Sarajevo’s central municipality refurbishing schools
The Municipality of Centar in Sarajevo said it continues with projects of thermal insulation of schools and kindergartens with façades. After the completion of works in primary school Alija Nametak, preparations at several facilities are underway, according to a statement on the local authority’s website. The value of the project in elementary Musa Ćazim Ćatić is BAM 150,000 (EUR 77,000), […]
Slovinj wind park planned for 130 MW
A wind power plant project of Vjetroelektrane d.o.o., registered in Glamoč, is still waiting for an environmental permit. The facility planned for construction in the municipality in the southwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina will have 49 turbines with an overall capacity of 130 MW, portal Akta.ba said it learned, quoting an unknown source. Developers of […]
First congress on water in BiH to be held in Sarajevo
The Foreign Investments Promotion Agency (FIPA) announced the first congress on water management is to be held in Sarajevo on October 27 and 28. It will be organized by the Association of Consulting Engineers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (UKI BiH) and institutions and utilities that participate in the management of water resources. The congress will […]