Prointer, Elektro-Bijeljina sign EUR 7.5 million contract for smart meters
Banja Luka-based Prointer and power distribution company Elektro-Bijeljina have signed a EUR 7.5 million contract for the supply and installation of smart meters and a remote reading system. Elektro-Bijeljina, a subsidiary of state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), launched tendering for this contract in June. Prointer will deliver 30,000 smart meters, 13,000 boxes for […]
Elektrokrajina launches three-year, EUR 15 million grid modernization in BiH
Power distribution company Elektrokrajina, a subsidiary of state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), has launched a three-year modernization of the distribution network, worth BAM 30 million (about EUR 15 million) and financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), local media reported. Elektrokrajina is the largest distribution company of ERS, supplying 47% […]
Electricity price for business in Republika Srpska to increase from 31.3 to 35 eurocents per MWh
Electricity price for the 28 largest industrial consumers in Republika Srpska will be increased on September 1, from 31.3 eurocents per MWh to 35 eurocents per MWh, while supply contracts will be changed by a total of about 200 companies, the Government of Republika Srpska has said on its website. As of September 1, a […]
Power utility ERS to borrow EUR 307 million for new renewable energy power plants
The Government of Republika Srpska intends to provide state guarantees for loans worth BAM 600 million (about EUR 307 million) for power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) to invest in renewable energy power plants and overhaul coal-fired power plants. The Republika Srpska parliament has adopted a decision on the value of state guarantees that the […]
TENDERING: Study on economic impact of climate change on Trebišnjica hydrosystem
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina has launched tendering for the development of study on the economic impact of climate change on the hydropower sector in Republika Srpska – the multipurpose hydrosystem Trebišnjica. The deadline to file bid expires on July 25. The UNDP in BiH is implementing the National Adaptation […]
ERS to build 1,000 MW renewable energy power plants over next 10 years
Public power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) aims to invest EUR 1.25 billion in 1,000-MW renewable energy power plants over the next 10 years, said ERS general manager Luka Petrović. As the company has an enormous potential to use renewables, the ERS strategy is to build 1,000 MW renewable energy power plants over the next […]
ERS starts electricity imports over drought, TPP Gacko overhaul, accident at HPP Plat
Due to low water levels, the overhaul of thermal power plant (TPP) Gacko, which will be finished in 90 days, and decreased production by hydropower plants (HPPs) operated by Hidroelektrane na Trebišnjici (HET), caused by an accident at HPP Plat (HPP Dubrovnik), power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) has launched the import of electricity. Imported […]
RS citizens pay over EUR 6 million in incentives for small hydropower plants in 2018
The Ministry of Energy and Mining of Republika Srpska (RS), an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has unveiled a list of legal entities and individuals that received electricity production incentives for small hydropower plants from 2016 to 2018. The list shows that small hydropower plants (SHPPs) received BAM 12.5 million (over EUR 6 million) in […]