EU Support to Serbian Energy Sector with the Focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewables EU Delegation to the Republic of Serbia

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EU Support to Serbian Energy Sector with the
Focus on Energy Efficiency and RenewablesEU
Delegation to the Republic of Serbia
Gligo Vukovic EU Delegation to the Republic of
Serbia
Novi Sad, May 22nd 2015
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EU Support to Serbian Energy Sector with the
Focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewables
EU Assistance to Energy Sector in Serbia - more
than 550 M 2000 - 2006 CARDS - Community
Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and
Stabilization About 450 M for energy
sector 2007 - 2013 IPA - Instrument for
Pre-Accession Assistance About 105.5 M for
energy sector
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EU Support to Serbian Energy Sector with the
Focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewables

• Projects in the sector of renewables and energy
  efficiency
• financed by EU
• Feasibility study for Serbian Energy Efficiency
  Agency, 1.0 M
• TA to Serbian Energy Efficiency Agency, 0.5 M
• Establishment and operation of Serbian Energy
  Efficiency Agency, 4.5 M
• Renewable Energy Feasibility Studies, 1 M
• Modernisation of District Heating in five Serbian
  cities, 25.15 M
• TA - Guarantee of Origin of Electricity Produced
  from Renewable Energy Sources, 0.13 M
• Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources and Energy
  Efficiency, 1.5 M
• TA Sustainable Development in Energy Sector,
  0.6 M
• Preparation of Second Energy Efficiency Action
  Plan and Development of Energy Indicators , 2.0
  M, on-going project
• Upgrade of the existing cadastre of small HPPs
  (in preparation)

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EU Support to Serbian Energy Sector with the
Focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewables

• TREATY ESTABLISHING THE ENERGY COMMUNITY
• Signed in October 2005 entered into force on 1
  July 2006
• CONTRACTING PARTIES
• European Union
• 8 Contracting Parties Albania, Bosnia
  Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of
  Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine,
  Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244)
• CONTENT
• Implementation of the Treaty acquis ?
• Deadlines and institutional framework
• REQUIREMENTS
• cooperation infrastructure reconstruction
• stability as condition precedent to investments
• stable legal framework
• BENEFITS OF A REGIONAL APPROACH
• optimized usage of existing capacity of
  transportation and production
• improvement of future investments ? small
  markets economies of scale

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EU Support to Serbian Energy Sector with the
Focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewables
Reduce greenhousegas levels by 20
Increase share of renewables to 20
Reduce energyconsumption by 20
Competitiveness
Security of Supply
Sustainability
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EU Support to Serbian Energy Sector with the
Focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewables
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EU Support to Serbian Energy Sector with the
Focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewables

• Serbia and EE
• Law on EE adopted in 2013
• By-laws to be prepared
• 2nd NEEAP prepared and adopted
• 3nd NEEAP to be prepared in 2016

New capacities needed to reach RES target for
Serbia
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EU Support to Serbian Energy Sector with the
Focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewables

• Project Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources
  and Energy Efficiancy (IPA 2010)
• Active Geothermal Industry in Serbia ! How?
• Easily available database
• Centralized monitoring
• Clear goals
• Streamlined legal structure
• Financial risk mitigation
• Incentives to promote energy shift
• Participation in GEO RD in Europe.

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EU Support to Serbian Energy Sector with the
Focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewables

• BARRIERS
• No public accessable geothermal resources
  database
• Goals unclear and varying in documentation
• Outstanding legal issues regarding ownership,
  royalty, spatial plans, undefined deadlines, lag
  in approval process regarding connection to net
  and re-injection
• Initial cost and risk of drilling of the first
  well
• Resistance within off-takers to shift system for
  heating
• Lack of general public knowledge of geothermal
  energy exploration and utilisation
• Visibility within the geothermal industry in
  Europe.

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EU Support to Serbian Energy Sector with the
Focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewables

• SOLUTIONS
• Database of project data on its way, should be
• updated regularly
• Goals can be set based upon information from this
  project
• Legislation changes suggested in the plan
• Policies to cover financial risk suggested in the
  plan
• Incentives to promote shift suggested in the
  plan
• Training, education and awareness should be
  enhanced
• Expand international RD collaboration.

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EU Support to Serbian Energy Sector with the
Focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewables
- Concept study - Options study - Pre-feasibility
study - Feasibility study
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EU Support to Serbian Energy Sector with the
Focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewables

• POSSIBLE FINANCING
• IPA National Instrument for Pre-Accession
  Assistance
• IPA Regional Instrument for Pre-Accession
  Assistance
• WBIF Western Balkan Investment Framework, loans
  and grants
• EIB The Green for Growth Fund, Southeast Europe
  (GGF)
• EBRD
• KfW
• Local banks

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EU Support to Serbian Energy Sector with the
Focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewables
Potential beneficiaries
EU DG NEAR
IPA Regional
IPA National
Ministry of Mining and Energy
EU Delegation to the Republic of Serbia
Serbian European Integration Office (SEIO)
WBIF - Western Balkan Infrastructure Facility



IFIs - International Financing Institutions
(EBRD, EIB, KfW, )
Projects
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EU Support to Serbian Energy Sector with the
Focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewables
THANK YOU Gligo Vukovic EU Delegation to the
Republic of Serbia Vladimira Popovica 40, New
Belgrade gligo.vukovic_at_eeas.europa.eu
www.europa.rs