If built, the 57 m high concrete gravity dam will be one of the largest hydropower plants in the country, with an installed electric capacity of 93 MW and an expected annual generation of 322 GWh.
[1][2] The dam and its associated power station will be built on the upper course of the Drina River, in the municipality of Foča, about 12 km upstream the town of the same name, in Republika Srpska.
[6] In May 2019, Banja Luka District Court cancelled the environmental permit for Buk Bijela HPP, ruling on a complaint filed by CEE Bankwatch Network.
[7] Despite this decision, Republic Srpska's Prime Minister Radovan Višković stated in January 2020 that the official start of preparatory works would soon be announced.
[8] The project has been under harsh scrutiny of local and national communities and various NGO's from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and abroad, due which is postponed and could eventually be abandoned.