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Power plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina

20 power-plant records · 3,986 MW reported capacity

  • Hydro 80%
  • Coal 20%
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Bosnia and Herzegovina at a glance

Power-plant records
20
Reported capacity
3,986 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
40.4%
Most records
Hydro, Coal
Grid operator
NOS BiH
Capital
Sarajevo

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Wholesale marketCompetitive generation, regulated retail

Coal and hydro supply the power, with exports in wet years. Electricity is traded bilaterally; there is no organised power exchange yet. Entity regulators in the Federation and Republika Srpska oversee local tariffs.

  1. GenerationGenerators bid into a market
  2. TransmissionSystem operator dispatches
  3. DistributionRegulated distributors
  4. CustomersRegulated tariffs

Who regulates

  • SERCEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

Elektroprenos BiH owns the transmission grid and NOS BiH operates it; three state-owned utilities (EPBiH, ERS and EP HZHB) serve different parts of the country.

Markets & power exchanges

No market operator link verified in this directory yet.

Regional grid

  • ENTSO-E · Continental European gridRegional grid

    Part of the synchronous grid of Continental Europe, the largest interconnected grid in the world by customers, coordinated by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.

What does “Wholesale market” mean?

Power plants compete to sell electricity in a wholesale market or pool, dispatched by a system operator. Most consumers still buy from a regulated distribution company at approved tariffs.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Bosnia and Herzegovina generates electricity

Electricity generated15.5 TWh
Renewable share40.4%
Low-carbon share40.4%
Carbon intensity601 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro5.5 TWh
Wind0.37 TWh
Solar0.39 TWh
Bioenergy0.04 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal9.1 TWh
Gas0 TWh
Other fossil0.15 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Bosnia and Herzegovina is in Southeast Europe. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Sarajevo
Languages
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Region
Southeast Europe

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 20 records for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

20 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

20 lack an owner/operator; 20 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Browse 20 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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