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Serbia will leave coal because of the Paris Agreement

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Abolishing coal as an energy source is our international obligation, remind the participants of the forum “How can Serbia decarbonise its electricity system?” organized by the Climate Forum. It is emphasized that the transition to renewable energy sources will require a social transformation of unprecedented proportions.
“Leaving coal is Serbia’s obligation because we have signed and ratified the Paris Agreement (EU member states’ climate agreement). As a responsible member of the international community, we should fulfill it,” said Aleksandar Macura from the RES Foundation.
A successful energy transition to renewable energy sources primarily depends on the removal of coal from our electricity system. The reason for that is not only the negative implications of that energy source on the environment. The chances for successful implementation of these plans, as it is emphasized and as they exist, as well as the interest of investors.
There are currently wind farms in Serbia with a capacity of about 400 MW (megawatts) and 20 MW of solar power plants, of which 10 MW are on roofs and the rest on land. According to Nikola Stamenov from the company CWP, which is done with renewable energy, investors in our country are preparing projects for wind farms with a capacity of over 4 GW (gigawatts) and more than 2 GW of solar power plants.
“It is about the size of the currently installed total capacity of Serbia, which is about 8 GW. The two main weaknesses of our power system are reliance on lignite and the age of the capacity. They can be ignored by switching to clean energy,” said Nikola Rajakovic, professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade.
“Electricity obtained from wind and sun is, thanks to technology and innovations, cheaper than electricity from lignite and coal, and represents a commercially and economically viable alternative to fossil fuels,” Stamenov emphasized.
In his opinion, the last set of energy laws adopted in Serbia is a good signal for investors in the field of renewable energy sources. According to Aleksandar Macura, decarbonization will require a social transformation of unprecedented proportions, and that social consensus is therefore necessary.
“I would like to see social mobilization in the next two years. This is a topic that should be discussed in the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia,” Macura pointed out, Nova Ekonomija reports.

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