Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A worker checks water level in a lake near the hydropower plants in Trebinje
A worker checks the water level in a lake near the hydropower plants in Trebinje, 300 km (186 miles) south of Sarajevo, December 15, 2011. Bosnia's second-largest power utility Elektroprivreda RS (EPRS) provides power to the Serb-dominated parts of Bosnia, while the country's other two utilities Sarajevo-based Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) and Mostar-based EPHZHB, operate in Bosnia's other autonomous region, the Muslim-Croat Federation. EPRS operates three big and several small hydropower plants with a combined installed capacity of 617 MW and two-coal-fired plants. It produced 2,882 GWh of electricity in the first half of 2011, 3.5 percent above its target on the back of its substantial hydropower capacity but drought in the second half of the year has hurt its output. Elektroprivreda RS has been importing 1.5 GWh of power per day to meet local demand and was forced to cancel agreed power exports. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: ENERGY ENVIRONMENT)