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Hydropower in Bosnia-Herzegovina

October 25, 2011

Hydro energy has been Bosnia's biggest export for decades. Now wind power joins in.

Project size: 2 hydropower plants and 22 wind turbines

Cost: 95 million euros ($131.8 million)

Project goal: generate clean power across the country and increase energy exports

Energy generated from hydropower has been Bosnia's biggest export for decades. During the Bosnian war, many important power plants and energy grids were destroyed, and restoring them costs millions of euros. Germany's government-owned development bank KfW is financing repairs at two major hydropower plants, and more are on the way. Clean energy is on the rise in Bosnia, and investment in renewable energy sources is growing. The country's first ever wind farm is now in the planning.

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