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  • January 2022
The Bosna rapids at Janjici will not be submerged in a dam reservoir. The habitat for Huchen and other species will be preserved. © Robert Oroz

Major blow to Bosnia hydropower project as Germany’s KfW drops financing plans

Jan 28, 2022 /

The German development bank KfW has today confirmed that it has dropped plans to finance the controversial Janjići hydropower plant on the river Bosna in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The plant would entail a 16 m high dam and would flood a picturesque section of the river with a series of rapids upstream from Zenica.

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