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Kakanj coal-fired power plant halts electricity production due to record air pollution
- 2 days ago (2025-11-19)
- David Flin
The municipality of Kakanj in Bosnia and Herzegovina has requested that the local coal-fired power plant be restricted to supplying thermal energy for district heating only, due to recent record air pollution levels.
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After “unprecedented” amounts of pollutants were measured in Kakanj, Mayor Mirnes Bajtarević asked the management of the Kakanj power plant and state power utility Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine (EPBiH) to ensure that the operation of the power plant is reduced to a minimum, only for the needs of the district heating system in Kakanj.
Kakanj has three operational units with a total capacity of 450 MW. Unit 6, the only unit operating at the time, has a capacity of 110 MW.
The municipality said it would demand that the power plant provide a report on the progress and timeline of work on the ongoing desulpherisation project, including the expected completion date.
EPBiH is implementing the desulpherisation project at Units 6 and 7, planning to reduce SO2 emissions by 98.5 per cent, to below 150 mg/Nm3.