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Activities in Republika Srpska for joint hydro energy projects with Serbia and Italy

Date: March 9^th 2010 Author: Mirsad Bajtarević, Sarajevo Category: Articles
Topic: Electricity , RES and EE

During his visit in Gorizia in Italy the Minister of Energy, Industry and Mining of Republika Srpska Slobodan Puhalac said that certain activities for the joint hydro energy projects with Serbia and Italy are already in progress in Republika Srpska, reported the media in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

“We have reached a certain level of activities and procedures which are already in progress and which are necessary in order to realize these projects, as it was done by Serbia by verifying the activities by the Government and in the Parliament,” said Puhalac.

FOTO: Alenka Žumbar

Puhalac and Serbian Minister of Industry and Energy Petar Skundric discussed with the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini the utilization of hydro-energy potential of the river Ibar in Serbia and of the river Drina potential in its midstream, together with Republika Srpska. According to Slobodan Puhalac, Republika Srpska is following Serbia with the activities which the latter has already conducted and which are related to the projects of hydro-potential utilization and relations with Italy.

In Gorizia Puhalac also attended a two-day international forum called “Development Scenarios in the Adriatic-Balkans Region” in the organization of the Italian region Friuli Venezia Giulia, which included thematic discussions on energy and transport.

The President of the Government of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik has recently visited Rome and said that they reached an agreement with the Italian colleagues on the joint construction of three hydropower plants on the river Drina. The Italians are planning to invest about 650 million euros in this project.

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