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SARAJEVO, April 26 (FENA) - On the occasion of April 26, which is celebrated worldwide as a remembrance day of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster and the harmfulness of nuclear energy, as well as energy from fossil fuels, the Center for the Environment reminds that Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to get its electricity mostly from coal-fired thermal power plants, which have been proven to be harmful to health, climate and the environment.
“In addition, our country is threatened by the harmful consequences of radioactive waste disposal from the Krško nuclear power plant in Trgovska Gora on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is only one kilometer away from the Una Nature Park and the Una River. This is a serious and dangerous threat to the health of the population and the environment,” said Majda Ibraković, coordinator of the Energy and Climate Change Program at the Center for the Environment.
She emphasizes that our country has great potential for the production of energy from renewable sources, and as a member of the Energy Community, the obligation to increase consumption while encouraging the production of energy from renewable sources.
Awareness of the need to replace these sources with renewable energy sources has increased in the last three decades, and investments in new technologies, such as solar and wind energy, have become a worldwide trend.
According to the Center for the Environment, the existing system of incentives in BiH is outdated and implies a guaranteed price and purchase for a period of 12 to 15 years for commercial producers by charging a fee for renewable energy sources from citizens. As solar and wind power technology has advanced significantly in the last 10 years, the prices of these technologies have dropped by almost 90 percent making them far more competitive, sustainable and affordable than hydro and coal-fired power plants. This means that commercial producers of electricity from renewable sources do not need to be encouraged at all, the Center for the Environment said.
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