TY - JOUR
TI - Impact of new power investments up to year 2020 on the energy system of Bosnia and Herzegovina
AU - Hasović Zihnija
AU - Ćosić Boris
AU - Omerbegović Arapović Adisa
AU - Duić Neven
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2015
VL - 19
IS - 3
SP - 771
EP - 780
PT - Article
AB - This paper investigates current and planned investments in new power plants  in Bosnia and Herzegovina and impact of these investments on the energy  sector, CO2 emission and internationally committed targets for electricity  from renewable sources up to year 2020. Bosnia and Herzegovina possesses  strong renewable energy potential, in particular hydro and biomass. However,  the majority of energy production is conducted in outdated power plants and  based on fossil fuels, resulting in environment pollution. New major  investments The Stanari Thermal plant (300 MW) and the investment in Block 7  (450 MW) at the Thermal Plant Tuzla are again focused on fossil fuels. The  power sector is also highly dependent on the hydrology as 54% of current  capacities are based on large hydro power. In order to investigate how the  energy system of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be affected by these investments  and hydrology, the EnergyPLAN model was used. Based on the foreseen demand  for year 2020 several power plants construction and hydrology scenarios have  been modelled to cover a range of possibilities that may occur. This includes  export orientation of Stanari plant, impact of wet, dry and average year,  delayed construction of Tuzla Block 7, constrained construction of hydro  power plants, and retirement of thermal units. It can be concluded that  energy system can be significantly affected by delayed investments but in  order to comply with renewables targets Bosnia and Herzegovina will need to  explore the power production from other renewable energy sources as well.