RS, Serbia lay cornerstone for 93.5 MW Buk Bijela hydropower plant – SeeNews

Republika Srpska and Serbia have begun construction of the 93.5 MW Buk Bijela hydropower plant on the Drina River.

The construction of the HPP Buk Bijela some 12 kilometers upstream from the town of Foca in eastern Bosnia is planned to be completed in five years, the Serb Republic government said in a press release on Monday.

Buk Bijela HPP is expected to produce 332 GW of electricity per year. It is estimated to cost some 382 million marka ($238 million/195 million euro).

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