Buk Bijela Hydroelectric Power Station
| Buk Bijela Hydro Power Plant | |
|---|---|
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Location | Buk Bijela |
| Status | Postponed |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Hydropower |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 450 MW |
The Buk Bijela Hydro Power Plant is proposed hydroelectric power plant (HPP) on the Drina river in Bosnia and Herzegovina and should be one of country's largest HPP, if built, having an installed electric capacity of 450 MW (reference missing). However, the project has been under harsh scrutiny of local and national communities and various NGO's from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and abroad, due which is postponed and could eventually be abandoned.
This project was a matter of inter-state agreement between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. It would certainly destroy one of the last remaining and most important habitats of huchen in the world, a.k.a. Danube salmon (Lat. Hucho hucho), along with the magnificent canyon of the Tara river, which is why this project encountered major opposition in both countries.
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