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 […]
Elektroprivreda BiH adopts Business Plan for 2019-2021
Public power utility Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine (EPBiH) is planning to bring the Podveležje wind farm, small hydropower plants (SHPPs) on the Neretvica river, and the Vranduk hydropower plant (HPP) phase I online in the next three years, as well as to start the construction of Unit 7 of the Tuzla thermal power plant (TPP), […]
Croatian Končar to take over construction of Vranduk hydro power plant
The construction of hydropower plant (HPP) Vranduk in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be the sole responsibility of Croatian company Končar after Austrian Strabag withdrew from the project. Končar will take over the role of the consortium leader, daily Dnevni Avaz reported citing sources close to the state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH)’s management. Strabag, the […]
Attempts to revive Vranduk HPP project in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The companies involved in the construction of the Vranduk hydro power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been trying to find a way to continue the construction of this HPP after the termination of the contract. Austrian Strabag has been exploring the possibility of settlement, while state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) has initiated talks […]
Austrian Strabag withdraws from HPP Vranduk project in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austrian Strabag AG has decided to withdraw from the project of construction of the hydropower plant Vranduk in Bosnia and Herzegovina, local and regional media reported. Member of the consortium which won the international tender for the construction of the HPP Vranduk, Croatian Končar – KET confirmed that Strabag has requested to increase the agreed price […]
Strabag and Končar late in delivering project documentation for HPP Vranduk
Construction works on Vranduk hydropower plant (HPP Vranduk) have been stalled. According to local media reports, the consortium comprising Austrian Strabag and Croatian Končar has delayed in delivering project documentation while trying to revise upwards the cost of the project, proposal to which the supervisory body was reluctant. The project of state power utility EPBiH […]