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Bosnia & Herzegovina — Power System Report

August 2026 · BA control area (NOSBiH) · source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform · generated 2026-08-17 04:10 UTC

Bosnia and Herzegovina runs one of Europe's most distinctive small power systems: roughly two-thirds of generation comes from lignite and a third from hydro, demand peaks in winter, and the grid is interconnected with Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro. Despite headlines about record import costs, the physical balance tells a different story — measured at the borders, BiH has been a net exporter in nearly every month of the past two years. The import-bill spikes reflect expensive winter hours, not a year-round deficit.

468 GWh
Generation
August 2026
389 GWh
Load
August 2026
+70 GWh
Net position
+ export / − import
30%
Hydro share
of generation
69%
Lignite share
of generation
Daily average generation by source with system load overlaid. Hydro (blues) vs lignite (brown) is the defining balance of the Bosnian system.
Daily average generation by source with system load overlaid. Hydro (blues) vs lignite (brown) is the defining balance of the Bosnian system.
Monthly energy by source over the last two years — the seasonal hydro swing and its dry-year gaps.
Monthly energy by source over the last two years — the seasonal hydro swing and its dry-year gaps.
Net cross-border position by month.
Net cross-border position by month.
Where the energy went this month, by border.
Where the energy went this month, by border.
Shape of demand: average day this month vs the same month a year earlier.
Shape of demand: average day this month vs the same month a year earlier.

Installed capacity (latest reported, MW)

Fossil Brown coal/Lignite1,883
Hydro Water Reservoir1,456
Hydro Pumped Storage440
Wind Onshore308
Hydro Run-of-river and poundage252
Solar244

Data coverage

datasetrowsrangestatus
day_ahead_prices0not_reported_by_BA
flow_BA_HR101,9092015-01-01 → 2026-08-17ok
flow_BA_ME101,7872015-01-01 → 2026-08-17ok
flow_BA_RS101,5642015-01-03 → 2026-08-17ok
flow_HR_BA101,9092015-01-01 → 2026-08-17ok
flow_ME_BA101,7872015-01-01 → 2026-08-17ok
flow_RS_BA101,5642015-01-03 → 2026-08-17ok
generation_forecast93,3422015-12-11 → 2026-08-17ok
generation_per_type82,1632017-02-28 → 2026-08-17ok
hydro_reservoir_storage0not_reported_by_BA
installed_capacity102017-01-02 → 2026-01-02ok
load_actual82,7282017-02-28 → 2026-08-17ok
load_forecast93,4862015-12-12 → 2026-08-17ok
sched_BA_HR101,7662015-01-05 → 2026-08-17ok
sched_BA_ME101,7902015-01-03 → 2026-08-17ok
sched_BA_RS101,7672015-01-04 → 2026-08-17ok
sched_HR_BA101,7422015-01-05 → 2026-08-17ok
sched_ME_BA101,6942015-01-06 → 2026-08-17ok
sched_RS_BA101,7672015-01-04 → 2026-08-17ok