

New 9.96 MW hydropower plant starts operation
State-owned utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) announced that a small hydro power plant Bogatići-Nova on the Željeznica River started operation. The unit has an installed capacity of 9.96 MW and an estimated average annual production of 46.26 GWh. Investment costs were reported at €9.4 million.. Source: ERS #BosniaandHerzegovina #hydro #ERS


60 MW wind power plant planned in Bitovnja
Bosnian based utility Elektroprivreda BiH and German Development Bank KfW have signed a €1.1 million grant regarding the project of a wind power plant in Bitovnja. Funds will be used in order to provide for detailed wind measurements and geological exploration. During the second phase, environmental impact assessment, feasibility study and grid connection will be drafted. The potential unit is to have a power output of 60 MW with an estimated annual production of 110 GWh.. So


95 MW of hydro planned in BiH
Governments of Serbia and Republika Srpska (constitutional and legal entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina) announced plans of committing resources to the development of two hydro power plant projects: HPP Foča and HPP Paunci. HPP Foča is to have an installed capacity of 44 MW and should produce approximately 176 GWh per year. HPP Paunci is to have an installed capacity of 43 MW and should produce approximately 167 GWh per year. Overall investment is estimated at around €200 milli


Construction begins on 36 MW wind farm in BiH
Construction started at the wind power plant Jelovača site in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) The unit is to have 18 turbines with an overall electrical output of 36 MW. It is located in the municipality of Tomislavgrad near the country’s first wind farm, 52 MW Mesihovina, which started operation just a few months ago. Siemens Gamesa is the EPC contractor and has agreed to operate and maintain the future unit during the first five years of operation. BiH has a number of other


Two new wind projects in final stages of development in BiH
Two separate wind farms, Grebak and Trusina, are being developed in the minicipality of Nevesinje. According to the municipal announcement, Trusina wind farm is to have 15 turbines with 49.5 MW of overall installed capacity. IT represents a potential investment estimated at €71 million. Owners of the potential project are Kermas Limited (87% share), local company Eol prvi (10%) and the municipality of Nevesinje (3%). Sberbank should lead the banking consortium that is to prov


Suzlon to build 25 MW wind in BiH
Indian based Suzlon received a land concession for 30 years for the purposes of building a 25.2 MW wind farm in BiH, municipality of Sarajevo.. Source: Balkan Green Energy News #BosniaandHerzegovina #Suzlon #wind


48 MW wind farm to be built in BiH
Bosnian utility company Elektroprivreda BiH presented the Podveležje 48 MW wind farm project. Project's investmetn cost is estimated at 81 million with 65 million being provided by German KfW bank. The construction and reconstruction of local roads for the needs of the wind farm will be carried out by the consortium HP Investing Mostar, Amitea Mostar and Construction of Tojaga Mostar. ABB Zagreb will install 30 substations of 110 kV and install the high-voltage cable system,


Siemens Gamesa to deliver 36 MW wind turbines in BiH
Siemens Gamesa will deliver 18 G97 turbines, to Bosnian based FL Wind for the new wind farm in Jelovača. The agreement includes the delivery and installation of 18 turbines and subsequent service and maintenance of the wind farm for the period of five years from start of operation.. Source: Balkan Green Energy News #BosniaandHerzegovina #wind #Siemens


China backs Bosnian coal
Coal based TPP Gacko of 300 MW is planned to be replaced with a new unit of 350 MW nameplate capacity. China Machinery Engineering Company and Emerging Markets Power Fund will partner up with Serb Republic to form a joint venture in order to materialise the potential investment estimated at over €800 million. The project, however, faces considerable opposition with a number of pundits questioning its feasibility and voicing concerns about the unit's potential environmental im


A mega hydro project in the making in Bosnia
Turkish based Enprode and Bosnian IMRES Smart Greenergy are planning the construction of a reversible hydro power plant and a wind farm. HPP Široka draga is to utilise water from the nearby lake Buško, has a planned installed capacity of 1120 MW and represents an investment of €1.675 billion. The wind power plant project, with an estimated investment of approximately €75 million, currently foresees building 16 wind turbines each having 4.3 MW of power which would total to an