Bosnia’s EPBiH plans to put into operation Podvelezje wind park by end-2016 - media

SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), January 8 (SeeNews) – Bosnian state-controlled power utility Elektroprivreda BiH [SAJ:JPESR] plans to put into operation the Podvelezje wind park by the end of 2016, local media reported.

The construction of the wind park, with investment value estimated at 140 million marka ($101 million/71.6 million euro), should start this year after the selection of a project contractor, news agency Fena (www.fena.ba) reported on Wednesday, quoting the company.

EPBiH said earlier that it will borrow 65 million euro ($76.6 million) from Germany’s KfW to help finance the Podvelezje wind park which is planned to consist of 16 wind turbines with a combined capacity of up to 48 megawatts. Annual output is projected at 100 gigawatt-hours.

(1 euro = 1.95583 Bosnian marka)

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