18.Aug
August 18, 2022
Last week, the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina called on citizens to apply for solar panels financed by one of the state-owned electricity companies. While in other countries, this would be seemingly ordinary news, in Bosnia this carries much more weight: for the first time, the highest authorities have addressed the public regarding sustainability of household energy use.
This is additionally remarkable considering the general election is approaching on 2 October, while in previous campaign cycles it was extremely rare for any political party to propose renewable energies. Until now, switching to renewable energy sources was up to citizens and banks, which have been providing loans for financing small solar-energy plants on residential and commercial buildings. These credits for decarbonisation with solar energy have usually been financed…