Kongora Thermal Power Plant — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kongora Thermal Power Plant is a 550 MW coal power station in Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is operated by Elektroprivreda HZHB Mostar dd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 688k homes (estimated). It ranks #5 of 34 Bosnia and Herzegovina power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 55.4% of Bosnia and Herzegovina's electricity; the national grid averages 571 gCO₂/kWh (43.6% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_kongorathermal_bosni.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 550 MW, Kongora Thermal Power Plant is well above the median coal plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina (430 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Share of Bosnia and Herzegovina coal capacity

11.6% of 4,730 MW across 11 plants in this dataset

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Elektroprivreda HZHB Mostar dd [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #3 largest coal power plant of 11 in Bosnia and Herzegovina by capacity.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has 11 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 4,730 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Rama Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina · Hydro · 160 MW · Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Grabovica Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina · Hydro · 114 MW · Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Jablanica Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina · Hydro · 180 MW · Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Pec Mlini Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina · Hydro · 30 MW · Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Kraljevac Hydroelectric Power Plant Croatia · Hydro · 46.4 MW · Splitsko-Dalmatinska
• Orlovac Hydroelectric Power Plant Croatia · Hydro · 237 MW · Splitsko-Dalmatinska

Location

Coordinates 43.64611, 17.33139 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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