The legal framework and conditions for generation and use of energy
from renewable resources in Serbia
Ivan Zafirović, Balkan Net
Pancevo, May 14, 2013
Implemented by:
International Project: Capacity Building for Renewable Energy Resources and Energy Efficiency in Southeast Europe (www.energy-project.info)
In cooperation with:
ACT - Schroeder
Agribusiness & Consulting & Training
Project Coordinator
Technical Expertise Networking Project
Content
• Introduction;• Strategic documents in Serbia for the use of
renewable energy sources (RER);• Laws and by-laws of importance for the use of
renewable energy;• Overview of the latest purchasing prices of
electricity from RER (feed-in tariff) in Serbia;• Possible limitations for investments in energy
generation from renewable resources; • Conclusions
Introduction• Reasons for initiation
of the project for the use of biomass and other RER in Pancevo;
• Economic, environmental and social benefits of RER in Pancevo,
• The town of Garching as a possible model for planning the implementation of RER.
Strategic documents in Serbia for the use of renewable energy resources
• Spatial Plan of the Republic of Serbia from 2010 to 2020 (Official Gazette of RS No. 88/10);
• Regional Spatial Plan of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina until 2020, Novi Sad, December 2011;
• National Sustainable Development Strategy (Official Gazette of RS No. 57/08);• National Environmental Protection Program (Official Gazette of RS No. 12/10); • Energy Development Strategy until 2015 (Official Gazette of RS No. 44/05).
Laws of importance for the use of RER
• Energy Law (Official Gazette of RS No. 57/11, 80/11, 93/12 and 124/12);
• Law on Planning and Construction (Official Gazette of RS No. 72/09, 81/09, 64/10, 24/11 and 121/12);
• Environmental Protection Act (Official Gazette of RS No. 135/04, 36/09);
• Environmental Impact Assessment Act (Official Gazette No. 135/04, 36/09);
• Water Act (Official Gazette of RS No. 30/10 and 93/12);• Law on Forests (Official Gazette of RS No. 30/10 and 93/12);• Integrated Prevention and Pollution Control Act (Official Gazette
No. 135/04);• Public-Private Partnership and Concessions Act (Official Gazette of
RS No. 88/11).
By-laws of importance for the use of RER
• National Renewable Energy Action Plan,February 2013;• Biomass Action Plan from 2010 - 2012. (Official Gazette of RS, No.
56/10);• Regulation on the conditions and procedure for acquiring the status of
privileged power producers (Official Gazette of RS, No. 8/13) ;• Regulation on the Measures for Giving Incentives to Privileged Power
Producers (Official Gazette of RS, No. 8/13);• Regulation on the Criteria for Issuing Energy Permits, Application
Contents and Manner of its Issuance (Official Gazette of RS No. 23/06 and 113/08);
• Regulation on the list of projects for which impact assessment is mandatory and the list of projects for which the assessment may be required EIA (RS Official Gazette No. 114/08).
Overview of the latest purchasing prices of electricity (feed-in tariffs) in Serbia
Ordinal number Type of plant of privileged producer
Installed power
P (MW)
Incentive purchasing price
(C € / kWh)
1 Biomass power plant
1.1 to 1 13.26
1.2 1 - 10 13.82 to 0.56 * P
1.3 over 10 8.22
2 Biogas power plants
2.1 to 0.2 15.66
2.2 0.2 - 1 16.498 to 4.188 *P
2.3 over 1 12.31
2.4 Biogas of animal origin 12.31
3 Power plants on landfill gas and gas from plants for municipal wastewater treatment
6.91
4 Solar power plants
4.1 on the facility to 0.03
20.66
4.2 on the facility0.03 to 0.5
20.941 to 9.383 *P
4.3 on the surface 16.25
Possible restrictions on investment in generation of energy from RER
• Inadequate infrastructure for the use of RER;• Insufficient incentive in the purchasing prices for electricity
coming from RER (Feed-in tariff);• Complex and lengthy process of obtaining energy, location,
building, water and use permits, as well as the privileged power producer status;
• Overestimated possibilities of utilization of some RER in Serbia;
• Environmental consequences of the use of biomass as an energy resource;
• Lack of biomass market - a potential problem of long-term continuous and adequate supply of biomass power plants, and storing of biomass.
Conclusion • Ambitious goal(s) of the energy policy in Serbia in
the area of RER (27% of RER in gross final energy consumption in Serbia for 2020)
• Relatively well developed legal and institutional framework;
• The necessity to simplify the procedure for investing in renewable energy and establishing a biomass market;
• Examples of good practice in Serbia as an additional incentive for investment in Pancevo for generation of energy from RER.
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