Today in Novo Milosevo, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mining and Energy Zorana Mihajlovic put into operation a PEPO energy plant that will produce electricity from renewable energy sources.
“This is important for Serbia, because in addition to 28 biogas power plants, we have another one and it is important that we build 73 in Serbia today. And that with about 100 megawatts of capacity, which will be installed in the next year or two in biogas power plants in Serbia, we will be a country that will have when we talk about energy from biogas power plants more than Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro combined,” said Mihajlovic.
The PEPO energy plant uses biomass as the main raw material for the production of biogas that generates electricity and heat.
Simply put, pumpkin flesh and grain residues are stored in silos and later converted into electricity with the help of a generator.
Mihajlovic said that after the plant started producing the first kilowatts, five million euros were invested in it, and that thanks to that, 30 people will have jobs.
“This is the message that the Government of Serbia and the Provincial Government are sending when it comes to renewable energy sources. This investment shows in which direction we will go, and much faster than in the previous period,” Mihajlovic emphasized.
He points out that a lot has to change in Serbia in 2021 in the field of energy.
She thanked all investors who invest in the field of renewable energy sources, because that means, as she says, that they believe in our state and energy policy.
“Climate neutral development is the only development that can bring Serbia to much higher rates of GDP development, and we want to achieve that in the coming years,” she said.
She pointed out that this year will be marked by the adoption of new laws, strategies and action plans in the energy department.
Mihajlovic said that Serbia will also get a new Law on Renewable Energy Sources, which will enable us to have a part of our energy security from renewable sources.
He adds that biogas power plants have proven to be power plants that will provide reliable energy, that is, they are more reliable than solar or wind power plants.
Biogas power plants, in relation to solar ones, give 3.5 times more energy, Mihajlovic mentioned.
“Energy and ecology must go together. They are now friends and sisters and cannot be viewed differently. Everything will be directed towards green energy and climate-sustainable development,” Mihajlovic said, reports Tanjug.
The company PEPO Energy, which is a joint venture of the Swiss energy MET group and the local company Arhar Teh, has built a 100 percent ecological energy production plant in Novo Milosevo with a capacity of 1.2 MW.
That ecological plant was built in eight months, despite the Covid 19 pandemic, and more than 150 workers of various profiles participated in the construction.
