The District Court in Banja Luka annulled the permit for the construction of infrastructure facilities of the “Dabar” hydropower plant in Trebinje as part of the “Upper Horizons” project.
The District Court in Banja Luka ruled in favor of the “Resource Aarhus Center in Bosnia and Herzegovina” Association from Sarajevo, overturning the decision of the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Construction and Ecology of the RS, which approved the construction of the “Dabar” hydropower plant on the Zalomka river basin, as part of the Gornji project. horizons.
“This is an important step in preserving the rivers of Herzegovina and protecting our environment from irreparable damage. The Aarhus Center in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with the Center for Life, pointed out the irregularities in the application of the law and the violation of the Aarhus Convention, stressing the importance of public participation and adequate environmental impact assessments. This judgment sends a clear message that the environment will be protected from all projects that threaten our natural resources and biological diversity,” the Aarhaus Center announced.
The works on the “Dabar” hydroelectric power plant were officially officially launched last year in June in the area of Bileća in the town of Vrijeka. They were announced as the largest project of its kind in the Balkans in the last 30 years, and it was announced that it is worth 338 million euros.
It is a hydroelectric power plant with a capacity of 160 megawatts, built by the Chinese company “Gezuba Group”. It is foreseen that HE “Dabar” will be in the system of Elektoprivreda RS in 2027.
At the construction sites of HPP “Dabar”, work is currently being carried out on the supply tunnel at four attack points, as well as construction work on the entrance tunnel, the main function of which is to collect water from the Nevesinje reservoir and conduct it to the drainage tunnel.
HPP “Dabar” belongs to the HET hydropower system and is the most important hydropower plant in the “Gornji horizonti” system. That system, in addition to HPP “Dabar”, also foresees the construction of HPP “Bileća” and HPP “Nevesinje”.
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Source: energetskiportal.rs
