Climate Plan (NECP) envisions a wind power increase The largest project in the two countries is the Bajgora of 600 MW and a solar power increase of 1,492 MW, wind farm in Kosovo with 103 MW, twice the capacity in line with the solar PV potential estimated by the of the next largest. [...] wind and 1 GW of solar power to the grid by the end of Prospective solar & and wind farms in the Western Balkans Locations of prospective utility-scale solar & wind power in the Western Balkans, circles sized by megawatt (MW) capacity Capacity (MW) 25 100 500 Type Solar Wind Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia Kosovo Montenegro North Macedonia Albania Note: Data includes solar project phases with a capa. [...] In response, na’s new Law on the Use of Renewable Energy Sources Albania approved an update to the existing Law on and Efficient Cogeneration of 2023 promotes the role the Promotion of Use of Energy from Renewable of prosumers and energy communities and introduces Sources. [...] ity by 2031 and stated the need for investment in the Of the prospective 5.1 GW of utility-scale solar and grid and strengthening links to Albania and Serbia. [...] In support of the energy transition, the country has 280 MW of Montenegro has the lowest operating utility-scale planned coal-to-renewables projects, including the solar capacity in the Western Balkans at 3 MW, with 100 MW Oslomej solar farm, the first of its kind in the an additional 25 MW of distributed solar.
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Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION 3
- Key findings 4
- I. REGIONAL BACKGROUND 5
- II. SERBIA AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA LEAD THE REGION IN TOTAL OPERATING SOLAR AND WIND CAPACITY 6
- Operating solar wind power in the Western Balkans 6
- A CASE STUDY 7
- SMALL SOLAR POWER PLANTS 7
- INSPIRING COMMUNITY-DRIVEN ENERGY TRANSITION 7
- Operating utility-scale solar wind power in the Western Balkans 7
- Operating solar wind farms in the Western Balkans 8
- III. PROSPECTIVE SOLAR AND WIND CAPACITY INCREASED BY 70 SINCE LAST YEAR PREDOMINANTLY IN EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT 9
- Prospective solar wind power in the Western Balkans 9
- Prospective utility-scale solar wind power in the Western Balkans 9
- The majority of prospective solar wind power in the Western Balkans is not yet in construction 10
- IV. SERBIA HAS THE LARGEST PROSPECTIVE SOLAR AND WIND POWER PIPELINE IN THE REGION WHILE ITS CONSTRUCTION RATE IS SECOND TO LAST 11
- Prospective solar and wind farms in the Western Balkans 11
- A CASE STUDY 12
- COMMUNITY ENERGY PROJECTS IN SERBIA 12
- V. SOLAR AND WIND POWER ARE MORE COMPETITIVE THAN FOSSIL GAS IN ELECTRICITY SECURITY OF SUPPLY ACCESS AND EQUALITY 13
- Planned additions to solar wind power generation could exceed new gas for the Western Balkans 13
- A CASE STUDY 14
- COMMUNITY ENERGY PROJECTS IN NORTH MACEDONIA 14
- VI. THE WESTERN BALKANS SHOULD PRIORITIZE A JUST ENERGY TRANSITION OVER A MISGUIDED PREFERENCE FOR GAS PUSHED BY THE U.S. EU AND RUSSIA 15
- VII. COUNTRY HIGHLIGHTS 16
- Albania 16
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 16
- Kosovo 16
- Montenegro 17
- North Macedonia 17
- Serbia 17
- VIII. CONCLUSION 18
- IX. DATA GAPS AND FUTURE RESEARCH 18
