Megajoule Adria to conduct wind resource assessment for Poklečani wind farm
Power utility Elektroprivreda Hrvatske Zajednice Herceg Bosne (EPHZHB) has selected Zagreb-based Megajoule Adria to prepare a study on a wind resource assessment for the Poklečani wind farm. According to the EPHZHB, Megajoule Adria has offered to conduct a wind resource assessment for BAM 12,500 (about EUR 6,400). A public invitation to prepare the study was launched […]
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 […]
Marinko Gilja appointed for another four-year term in power utility EPHZHB
Marinko Gilja has been re-appointed as General Manager of the Mostar-based power utility Elektroprivreda Hrvatske Zajednice Herceg Bosne (EPHZHB). Gilja’s term of office is four years. Gilja was first appointed in February 2016 for the same period. At the fourth session of the Supervisory Board of EPHZHB, Marinko Gilja was re-appointed as General Manager of […]
FBiH provides guarantees for loan for pumped storage plant Čapljina
The agreement on financing and project with Germany’s KfW Development Bank was given the goahead by the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The foreign partner is donating EUR 9.5 million for energy efficiency in public buildings and it has secured a EUR 15 million loan for the refurbishment and modernization of pumped […]
ERS, EPHZHB to continue with cooperation on electricity production at PHE Čapljina
Public power utilities Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) and Elektroprivreda Hrvatske Zajednice Herceg Bosne (EPHZHB) have agreed to continue with their cooperation on electricity production at pumped-storage hydropower plant PHE Čapljina in 2020. The cooperation in 2020 will be regulated by an agreement worth roughly BAM 100 million (around EUR 51.2 million), under which ERS will […]
BiH to open talks on EUR 15 million KfW loan for PHE Čapljina modernization
The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina has accepted a proposal by the Ministry of Finance and Treasury to open negotiations with the German development bank KfW on a EUR 15 million loan for a project to modernize pumped-storage hydropower plant PHE Čapljina. PHE Čapljina, which operates as part of public power utility Elektroprivreda […]
FBiH to introduce renewable energy auctions in 2021
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), an entity of BiH, plans to introduce renewables auctions in 2021, while the pace of the renewables development will depend on the binding target that Bosnia and Herzegovina will receive for the 2020-2030 period, currently subject to negotiations with the Energy Community, Halko Balavac, assistant energy minister at […]
FBiH government adopts restructuring program for EPBiH, EPHZHB
The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) has adopted a restructuring program for the power sector in the FBiH, which envisages the unbundling of two state-owned energy companies – Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) and Elektroprivreda Hrvatske Zajednice Herceg-Bosne (EPHZHB) – in accordance with the rules of the EU’s Third Energy Package. The restructuring […]