Serbia, Republika Srpska to jointly build HPPs Foča, Paunci in EUR 200 million investment – minister
Serbia and Republika Srpska will jointly build the Foča and Paunci hydropower plants (HPP) on the upper Drina river in the Serb entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), with a total installed capacity of about 95 MW, Serbian Mining and Energy Minister Aleksandar Antić said following a session of the Serbia-Republika Srpska energy committee, according […]
Expressions of interest sought to build, finance 160 MW Dabar hydropower plant
Hidroelektrana Dabar, part of hydropower plant operator Hidroelektrane na Trebišnjici (HET), has invited expressions of interest (EOI) in a turnkey/engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for a 160 MW Dabar hydropower plant (HPP Dabar). The estimated value of the project to build and finance HPP Dabar’s remaining facilities is around EUR 200 million, according to […]
Republika Srpska, Serbia to discuss joint construction of HPPs Paunci, Foča – minister
The governments of Republika Srpska and Serbia will discuss the joint construction of the Paunci and Foča hydropower plants on the upper Drina river at their next session, Petar Đokić, the Bosnian Serb entity’s energy minister, has told MPs. Đokić said that he hopes by the time the session is held, a negotiating procedure will […]
Location of HPP to be built by RS, Serbia could be set in late June
The location for one hydropower plant (HPP) to be jointly built by Republika Srpska and Serbia could be determined in late June, according to Petar Đokić, energy minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Serb entity. Đokić was speaking at the Jahorina Economic Forum, where the entity’s president, Milorad Dodik, met with Serbia’s prime minister, Ana Brnabić. Following the […]
Energy minister announces reorganization of public utility ERS
Public utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) will have to go through major transformation in the first half of 2019 in order to become even more efficient in its business, the Bosnian Serb entity’s Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining Petar Đokić said. According to media reports, he noted that two major obstacles to ERS’ development […]
Construction of HPP Buk Bijela on Drina river starts in 2018
Construction of the 93.52 MW hydropower plant (HPP) Buk Bijela is expected to start this year. It will be fully owned by the power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS). The investment is estimated at BAM 400 million (EUR 200 million), announced Petar Đokić, Minister of Industry, Energy, and Mining of Republika Srpska (RS). The first […]
Serbian energy minister calls for untangling Drina hydropower deal with Italy
It is time to untangle the situation regarding cooperation with Italians and to start building hydropower plants on the Drina river, independently or with another partner, Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antić said after the first meeting of the Joint Energy Committee between Serbia and Republika Srpska. In September 2011, Italy’s Seci Energia, […]
Hungarian MAVIR offers help to Bosnia and Herzegovina in organizing electricity market
Hungarian transmission system operator MAVIR has offered help to Bosnia and Herzegovina with the institutional organization of the energy sector, especially in organizing the electricity market. MAVIR CEO Kamilla Csomai has recently visited Bosnia and Herzegovina and discussed cooperation in electricity supply and the implementation of European Union directives with local officials. The meetings that […]