Serbia Plans 1,092MW New Capacity to Improve Energy Mix by 2020

Serbia’s revised incentives for using renewable energy sources will help add 1,092 megawatts of available power by 2020, an Energy Ministry official said.

The increase by 11.6 percent of Serbia’s current capacity is what the Balkan nation needs by the end of the decade to improve its energy mix under a European Union-backed regional agreement, Deputy Energy Minister Dejan Trifunovic said at a conference in Belgrade today. About 500 new megawatts is expected from wind farms, 200 megawatts from large hydro plants, 200 megawatts from small hydro facilities, 100 megawatts fueled by biomass and the rest from solar and geothermal sources.