The Minister of Mining and Energy, Zorana Mihajlovic, stated today that increasing energy efficiency should be a national goal and that it is one of the key elements in realizing the vision of a green Serbia.
“The adoption of four laws in the field of mining and energy, including the new Law on Energy Efficiency and Rational Use of Energy, laid the foundation for Serbia’s new energy policy, which focuses on ensuring energy security, greater use of green energy and the fight against climate change,” Mihajlovic pointed out in a written statement, on the occasion of the beginning of the campaign “Energy efficiency – turn green”.
As she stated, “our vision is to get at least 40 percent of energy from renewable sources by 2040, and to become a decarbonized country by 2050.”
She reminded that the ministry she leads, with the support of the European Union, is starting to implement awareness-raising activities under the slogan – Turn green, and that measures and opportunities for improving energy efficiency at all levels will be presented to the public through various promotional and educational activities.
“Today, in Serbia, we consume about 40 percent more energy than the average in the countries of the European Union, which means that we throw the production of one thermal power plant out the window every year. Increasing energy efficiency must be a national project, and in the next few years we will invest between 200 and 250 million euros a year in this area, with the goal of reducing energy consumption by about 20 percent in a few years,” said Mihajlovic, Danas reports.
