EPBiH to build 56 MW solar park on coal plant’s ash, slag dump in Tuzla
State-owned energy utility EPBiH plans to install a photovoltaic plant of 56 MW at the site of an ash and slag dump at the Tuzla coal plant
Tuzla 7 coal plant project in BiH sunk by GE’s exit, officials reveal
Unnamed sources said the construction of unit 7 in thermal power plant Tuzla most probably won't proceed as GE decided not to supply the equipment
Bosnia’s Tuzla to allocate EUR 184,000 to reduce air pollution
The City of Tuzla has announced a public call for the allocation of EUR 184,000 to co-finance four measures to reduce air pollution in individual residential and commercial buildings. The funds should be enough for investments in about one hundred buildings, according to the authorities’ estimation. The same amount will be allocated for each of […]
Independent report: Air pollution caused 136 premature deaths in Tuzla in 2018
Air pollution in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was twice the legal limit on two thirds of monitored days in 2018 and caused over one hundred premature deaths in adults during the year, according to independent new data published today in the report Lifting the Smog by CEE Bankwatch Network, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) […]
Energy Community Secretariat urges Parliament to postpone decision on Tuzla 7 guarantee
The Energy Community (EnC) Secretariat has urged the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) to postpone its decision on a guarantee for the Export–Import Bank of China’s (Chexim – China Exim Bank) loan to state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) to build a new, 450 MW unit of the Tuzla coal-fired power […]
State Aid Council says loan guarantee for new TPP Tuzla unit in line with BiH, EU regulations
The State Aid Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has announced that its decision on the state guarantee for the loan to construct a new unit of the Tuzla thermal power plant (TPP) is in line with the BiH and EU state aid regulations. The Council’s announcement was in reaction to the Energy Community Secretariat’s letter […]
Energy Community Secretariat advises Parliament of FBiH not to back loan for Tuzla 7 project
The Energy Community Secretariat has recommended to the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) not to approve a guarantee for a loan of EUR 614 million from the Export–Import Bank of China (China Exim Bank) to power utility Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine (EPBiH) for a new, 450 MW unit of the Tuzla […]
BiH to change environmental permits of two new power plants to comply with EU’s Directive
The Energy Community Secretariat and authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina agreed to amend the environmental permits of thermal power plants (TPP) Banovići and Tuzla 7 in order to comply with the European Union’s Industrial Emissions Directive (IED). The environmental permits were the subject of cases ECS-16/16 and ECS-17/16 against Bosnia and Herzegovina regarding incompliance with […]