Bosnia and Herzegovina
With a power score of 1.75, Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks number 62 among emerging markets and number 89 in the global power ranking.
- Emerging markets
- Europe
1.75 / 5
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Overview
Bosnia and Herzegovina has a power score of 1.75, which puts it at rank 89 in the global power ranking, and rank 62 in the emerging markets power ranking. In comparison to 2021, Bosnia and Herzegovina has improved in the power rankings by 11 places, from rank 100, to rank 89.
At 1.75, the power score of Bosnia and Herzegovina is lower than the regional average of 2.18 in the Europe region.
Regional power score comparison
Power
Power policy
Bosnia and Herzegovina implements policies in 3/6 power policy categories tracked by Climatescope, including Renewable energy target, Renewable energy auction, Feed-in Tariff, Net Metering, Import tax incentives, VAT incentives.
Power policies
Power prices and costs
The average electricity price in Bosnia and Herzegovina has dropped from 107.15 USD/MWh in 2021 to 102.67 USD/MWh in 2022. Since 2017, the average electricity price in Bosnia and Herzegovina has fluctuated between 95.76 USD/MWh (2017) and 107.15 USD/MWh (2021).
Power market
The top amount of capacity installed in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2022 was in Coal at 51.22%, down from 51.52% in 2021. The technology with the biggest increase in capacity installed in 2022 was Solar PV at 1.88%, up from 1.36 in 2021.
Installed capacity (in MW)
Electricity generation (in GWh)
The largest electricity generating technology in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2022 was Coal, generating some 66.36% of electricity, up from 59.67% in 2021.
Investment in clean energy in Bosnia and Herzegovina was around $234.87 million in 2022, an increase of 42.37% from 2021 ($164.97 million). Between 2018 and 2022, the highest investment in clean energy was in 2022 at $234.87 million, while the lowest was in 2018 with $60.48 million.
Utility privatisation
Which segments of the power sector are open to private participation?
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Wholesale power market
Does the country have a wholesale power market?
Doing business and barriers
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Currency of PPAs
Are other PPAs (eg. corporate PPAs) signed in or indexed to U.S. Dollars or Euro?
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Bilateral power contracts
Can a C&I (Commercial and Industrial) customer sign a long-term contract (PPA) for clean energy?
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Fossil fuel price distortions - Subsidies
Does the government keep the wholesale price of electricity from fossil fuels artificially low through subsidies?
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Fossil fuel price distortions - Taxes and carbon prices
Does the government significantly increase the wholesale price of electricity from fossil fuel through targeted taxes and/or carbon prices?
Transport
Transport policy
Bosnia and Herzegovina implements policies in 3/9 transport policy categories tracked by Climatescope, including Clean transport target, National ICE phase-out, EV purchase grant/loan incentive, EV VAT reduction/exemption, EV import tax reduction/exemption, EV income tax reduction/exemption, EV recurring tax reduction/exemption, EV charging infrastructure target, E-bus target.
Transport policies
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Fuel economy standards
Does the country have a fuel economy standard in place?
