Due to record air pollution levels in recent days, the Municipality of Kakanj requested that the local coal-fired power plant’s activity be reduced to supplying thermal energy for district heating only. The thermal power plant says it has already done so. After “unprecedented” amounts of pollutants were measured in Kakanj, Mayor Mirnes Bajtarević asked the […]
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state power utility, Elektroprivreda BiH, is implementing a desulfurization project at units 6 and 7 of the Kakanj thermal power plant. The project is expected to reduce sulfur dioxide (SO₂) emissions by about 98.5%. Currently, SO₂ emissions from the Kakanj plant amount to around 9,000 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/Nm3). With the […]
In 2024, Western Balkan governments’ chronic law enforcement failures allowed sulphur dioxide (SO2) pollution from the region’s antiquated coal power plants to exceed legal limits by six times, according to the Comply or Close report. The overall particulate matter (PM or dust) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) pollution from coal plants continued to exceed legal limits. […]