Feed-in tariffs introduced in Serbia
Serbia brings in Feed-in tariffs for renewable energy. After several delays in the past, Serbia has finally introduced a feed-in tariff regime via a Regulation of promoting power generation from renewables.
The overall objective for 2012 of the Republic of Serbia is to enhance its power generation from renewable energy sources by 7.4 per cent or 735 million kilowatt hours compared to 2007. In this respect, the Ministry of Mining and Energy has prepared a set of changes and amendments to the National Implementation Programme of Strategy for the Development of Energy in Serbia by 2012, adopted a regulation on acquiring the status of privileged power producer in September 2009 and a regulation on incentive measures regarding power generation from renewable sources and by means of combined heat and power systems.
Feed-in tariffs per kilowatt hour of electricity, generated from renewables or CHP are as follows:
• small hydropower plants – between 7.8 and 9.7 Euro cents;
• biomass units – between 11.4 and 13.6 Euro cents;
• biogas – between 12 and 16 Euro cents;
• gas from waste water treatment plants and landfill gas – 6.7 Euro cents;
• wind farms – 9.5 Euro cents;
• solar power plants – 23 Euro cents;
• geothermal power plants – 7.5 Euro cents;
• cogeneration power plants – between 7.6 and 10.4 Euro cents, and
• waste power plants – between 8.5 and 9.2 Euro cents.
The Minister of Mining and Energy, Petar Skundric, stated that the respective regulation obliged Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) to buy electricity generated from renewables at higher feed-in tariffs, set by the Serbian government.
Skundric further stated that Serbia had a major potential for generating electricity from renewable sources which was equivalent to an annual consumption of approximately 4.3 million tons of oil. Thereof, biomass accounts for 63 per cent of the potential, hydro and solar power for 14 per cent respectively, while 5 and 4 per cent fall on wind and biothermal sources respectively.
For further information on feed-in conditions in Central and Eastern Europe please visit our “Green electricity in CEE” section - http://www.enercee.net/general-information/green-electricity-in-cee.html
Source:
http://www.energetika.net/
