EPBiH adopts business plan 2020-2022, plans to invest EUR 951 million
Power utility Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) plans to invest EUR 951 million through 2022, according to business plan for 2020-2022. The document was adopted by the shareholders’ assembly. Investments are planned in the production and supply of electricity, for capital projects, recapitalization of mines, and non-electricity subsidiaries, as well as joint projects, EPBiH said on its […]
NGOs file lawsuits against small hydropower plants on Neretva, Neretvica rivers
Non-governmental organizations have filed or drafted lawsuits against the competent ministries in the Federation of BiH and the Republic of Srpska, the entities comprising Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), for non-compliance with law in the procedure of approving the construction of five small hydropower plants (SHPPs). BiH also made news a few weeks ago when, despite […]
Fourteen-day shifts in power systems for stable supply in region
Power utility Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine (EPBiH) has decided to split the employees into two groups due to the emergency caused by the coronavirus. One group will work and sleep in power plants for 14 days, while the other will spend the period in isolation at home, and then replace the first one. A similar […]
Coronavirus prompts crisis measures in electric power systems in Balkans
Governments and state-owned operators are imposing constraints and work from home and stepping up hygiene requirements. The coronavirus isn’t affecting the electric power supply for now in the region of Western Balkans. Power producers and distributors in the Balkans have been introducing emergency procedures to contain the fallout from the spread of COVID-19. The coronavirus […]
EPBiH gets acting chief, seeks candidates for new board
The Supervisory Board of power utility Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) has removed the members of the Management Board due to the expiration of their term of office and it appointed new ones for a period of 90 days. The firm released a vacancy announcement for the new leadership of the company – the general manager and […]
SET 2020 – Region gathers in Trebinje to discuss energy transition
The gathering of leading energy experts from the Balkans and Europe, as well as decision makers from governments in the region, will showcase the pace of the energy transition and the potential of investments in renewables. The event is scheduled for March 5 and 6 in Trebinje. The Trebinje Energy Summit – SET 2020, under […]
EPBiH gets concession for Vlašić wind power project
There are several wind farms planned for the plateau of Vlašić and Galica. Meanwhile, the company is about to begin building the Podveležje facility and the Trusina concession process is being restarted in the Republic of Srpska. Six contracts have been signed for a wind energy system on Vlašić mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The […]
Strabag, EPBiH both seek damages in arbitration over HPP Vranduk
Anonymous insiders from Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine revealed Strabag from Austria is seeking EUR 20.5 million for a hydropower project that essentially failed in 2016, Dnevni avaz wrote. News on the process initiated at the International Court of Arbitration in Brussels has been withheld for a while. At the same time, the utility based in […]