The power plant entered final testing in early 2016 and achieved commercial operation in September 2016.
[3] The 300 MW thermal power plant produces 2 million MWh of energy per year.
[1] The power plant is 100 per cent owned by UK-based EFT Group, an energy trading and investment firm, operating in south-east, central and western Europe, as well as Turkey and the Baltics, with the stated aim of being the first privately owned integrated power company in south-east Europe.
[5] This is the largest credit facility agreed for a private enterprise concern in Bosnia and Herzegovina to date.
[6] According to statements issued by various regional NGOs in 2013, an alleged lack of an appropriate environmental assessment suggested the plant would fail to abide by EU directives and minimize harmful impacts on the environment.