Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine (also known as Elektroprivreda BiH) is the largest energy company in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

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The company has an installed capacity of 1,682 MW and generates 6.54 TWh

TWH

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 of electricity

Electricity

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 in lignite-fired thermal power plants

Fossil fuel power plant

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 1,165 MW, and hydro power plants

Hydroelectricity

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 517 MW. It has a transmission and distribution network of 31757 kilometres (19,732.9 mi).

On 24 March 2009, the company announced a plan to build two hydro-power plants worth €750 million on the Drina

Drina

The Drina is a 346 kilometer long river, which forms most of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps which belongs to the Danube river watershed...

 river bordering Serbia. It invites the Serbian company Elektroprivreda Srbije

Elektroprivreda Srbije

Elektroprivreda Srbije or simply EPS is the state-owned energy provider in Serbia, and currently the largest enterprise in Serbia. As of 2010, the company employs 34,130 workers....

 to join this project.

See also

• Elektroprivreda HZ HB
  Elektroprivreda HZ HB
  JP Elektroprivreda HZ HB d.d. is the Croatian power utility in Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of three in the nation. It is based in Mostar....
  
  
• Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske
  Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske
  Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske is a state-owned integrated power company in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina...
  
  
• Hrvatska elektroprivreda
  Hrvatska elektroprivreda
  Hrvatska elektroprivreda is a national power company in Croatia which has been engaged in electricity production, transmission and distribution for more than one century, and with heat supply and gas distribution for the past few decades...
  
  
• Elektroprivreda Srbije
  Elektroprivreda Srbije
  Elektroprivreda Srbije or simply EPS is the state-owned energy provider in Serbia, and currently the largest enterprise in Serbia. As of 2010, the company employs 34,130 workers....
  
  
• Elektro - Slovenija
• Holding Slovenske elektrarne
  Holding Slovenske elektrarne
  Holding Slovenske elektrarne is a state-owned power generation company in Slovenia. It is the largest company in Slovenia and was established by a government decision on 26 July 2001...