EPBiH
EPBiH to export less electricity in 2023 due to low coal reserves
30 December 2022 - Elektroprivreda BiH will produce 10% less electricity in coal-fired power plants than what it projected in the Electricity Balance from a few months ago
Energy Community opens case against BiH for refusing to close two coal plant units
31 October 2022 - The same procedure was initiated in April 2021 against Montenegro with regard to the operation of the Pljevlja power plant
BiH to get first hybrid power plant
27 October 2022 - Hybrid power plants haven't been a favorite choice so far for investors in the Western Balkans
Companies in FBiH request 20% cap on increase in electricity prices for 2023
26 October 2022 - Businesses want the Government of FBiH to cap the potential increase in tariffs to 20% like it did late last year for 2022
Tender for desulphurization unit in Tuzla coal plant open until November 15
04 October 2022 - State-owned power utility EPBiH announced a tender for a flue gas desulphurization facility for unit 6 in TPP Tuzla
Activists: EPBiH is covertly introducing waste with biomass as fuel for Tuzla power plant
09 September 2022 - Environmentalists claim waste is planned to be added as a fuel in the project to switch unit 3 in coal plant Tuzla to biomass
Still no decision on concession for wind farm Podveležje 2
08 September 2022 - The cantonal government started the ongoing procedure for the concession for Podveležje 2 in 2013, at the initiative of Energy 3
Elektroprivreda HZHB launches call for purchase of electricity from renewables
07 September 2022 - EPHZHB has taken a similar step as Elektroprivreda BiH a few weeks ago. Both utilities are owned by the Government of the Federation of BiH.
EPBiH plans to start buying electricity from private producers
29 August 2022 - EPBiH has issued a public call for the procurement of electricity produced from renewable sources and through high-efficiency cogeneration
EPBiH set to build its first solar power plants to replace coal
30 July 2022 - As part of its decarbonization push, Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine, EPBiH, is starting to replace coal capacities with solar power
Power utility EPHZHB requests ban on electricity exports from BiH
27 July 2022 - BiH is the biggest electricity exporter in the Western Balkans, but the energy crisis and the drought are now jeopardizing supply
EPBiH signs concession for two solar PV plants
18 July 2022 - The photovoltaic plants will be built at the mine tailings dump site of the Gračanica coal mine in the municipality of Bugojno
Federation of BiH stops Tuzla 7 coal power plant project
14 July 2022 - FBiH rejected the proposition from the contractors from China for an alternative supplier of equipment for the Tuzla 7 coal plant project
BiH blocks Tuzla 7 coal plant project
06 July 2022 - The construction of unit 7 of the Tuzla thermal power plant encountered another obstacle with the decision of the State Aid Council of BiH
WB-6 countries struggling to secure electricity production in their old coal power plants
31 May 2022 - It's going to be a long winter in several Western Balkan countries as old coal-fired power plants are unreliable and lignite is scarce
Which Western Balkan countries intend to introduce carbon tax?
18 May 2022 - Countries are doing so in order to accelerate decarbonization, but also to avoid paying the carbon border tax announced by the EU