News

Industry adaptation brings 25 times bigger benefits

Published

October 21, 2015

Comments

comments icon

0

Share

Published:

October 21, 2015

Comments:

comments icon

0

Share

Designated manufacturing industrial facilities with combustion in Serbia need up to EUR 711 million to be adjusted in accordance with European regulation, but the benefits will be 25 times bigger, Janez Kopač, director of the Energy Community Secretariat, said in an interview for EurActiv’s Serbian newsroom. General public should be motivated to participate, as improvements of health and the environment concerns it, he added and suggested for external expenses to be included in the price of electricity, or to introduce an environmental levy or another financial instrument.

The country is exceptional in introducing Energy Community’s legislation, but there are problems in implementation, he said. Alongside Moldova, Serbia has the weakest results in meeting the target share of energy from renewable sources and it will have to review its measures, Kopač stated. In his words, one of the reasons for dropping under the starting position was the hydrological situation.

The Directive on Energy Efficiency, adopted by the organization’s Ministerial Council on October 16 in Tirana, comes into effect in 2017 and is adopted for member states, the Energy Community Secretariat’s chief said. „It comes with a mandatory goal of 20% for energy efficiency improvement, calculated by a complicated formula, in comparison to trends from 2006. A mandatory goal is established for 1% in renovation of buildings owned and used by central government, a mechanism of obligations for energy efficiency of 0.7% for energy distributors and suppliers, for the improvement of energy management and other items,“ Kopač said and added there is a separate chapter on the promotion of energy efficiency in supply and cogeneration.

Related Articles

krsko 2 spatial plan

Slovenia launches public consultation on spatial plan for second unit at Krško nuclear plant

01 July 2025 - The Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning has published an initiative to prepare a spatial plan for the second unit of nuclear power plant Krško.

teius solar park eurowind romania

Danish Eurowind Energy to build 220 MW solar park in Romania

01 July 2025 - Vișina will be Eurowind Energy’s largest solar park in Romania as well as one of the biggest in the country.

Turkey first hydropower reservoir YEKA floating solar power auction

Turkey selects first hydropower reservoir for YEKA floating solar power auction

01 July 2025 - The reservoir of the Demirköprü hydropower plant is the first proposed area for Turkey's planned floating solar power auction

Europe’s largest floating solar power plant begins operation

Europe’s largest floating solar power plant begins operation

01 July 2025 - The largest floating solar power plant in Europe, Les Ilots Blandin, has been put into operation in France.