An increasing and different use and generation of wood biomass in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been the focus of the conference „Bosnia and Herzegovina Biomass Energy for Employment and Energy Security“, which was held in Sarajevo on 17 December 2014.

The main activity under this project, that is worth more than US$ 1 million, is to pilot the biomass heating system installations in four primary schools and one public institution in the region of Srebrenica, the aim of which is to secure a quality heating service for more than 2500 pupils. The successful implementation of the project has demonstrated that biomass can be an energy source of the future that will contribute to the economic development of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Within this project, the use of wood biomass as the primary fuel for heating in five buildings, will save over $ 150,000, and new, energy-efficient pumps will help cut the  electricity costs by 30%. Instead of 80.000 l of crude oil, 200 tonnes of wood biomass will be used on an annual level, which will directly contribute to the production levels of domestic companies.

On behalf of the Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the conference was attended by Biljana Baljaj, Senior Associate and dr. Mevludin Delalić, Chairman of the Technical Committee BAS/TC 27, Mining, which held a presentation on “European standards for biomass as a fuel”.