The Minister of Mining and Energy of Serbia, Zorana Mihajlovic, stated today that the goal of Serbia is to have more investments in all types of renewable energy sources, so that by 2040 at least 40% of energy would come from renewable sources.
“We believe that this goal is realistic in relation to Serbia’s potential in the field of renewable energy sources, legislation, the state’s readiness to create good business conditions, as well as the interest of investors,” said Mihajlovic during a visit to the Kovacica wind farm, which has been operating since 2019.
The Minister said that this is a year of great changes in the field of energy and that it determines the direction in which Serbian energy will go for the next 10, 20, 30 years.
“This wind farm is a symbol of green energy, climate-neutral development, new technologies and how we see the future development of Serbia.mAlso, the good news is the continuation of this investment and the construction of another wind farm, ‘Pupin’, for which an energy permit was issued,” said Mihajlovic.
She pointed out that eight wind power plants have been built since 2014, with a total capacity of close to 400 megawatts, and two more are under construction, which will bring the total capacity of power plants that use wind energy to close to 600 megawatts.
“We want to have more investments in other forms of renewable energy sources, such as solar or geothermal energy, and I believe that with the new laws we have prepared, which will speed up all procedures and introduce electronic issuance of all permits, we will achieve that,” said Mihajlovic.
She called on all investors to invest in renewable energy sources, so that Serbia would have more green energy and a healthier environment.
The director of the “Kovacica” wind farm, Milos Colic, said that the wind farm produces electricity that supplies about 68,000 households, as well as that they plan to expand the wind farm through a new project of the “Pupin” wind farm.
He added that an association of producers of energy from renewable sources was recently established with the aim of contributing to the further development of this area.
The Ambassador of Israel to Serbia, Jahen Vilan, hopes that there will be even more projects of Israeli companies in the field of renewable energy sources in Serbia.
“I hope that in two years we will see each other again at the opening of the new wind farm ‘Pupin’ and that there will be more such projects in the future,” said Vilan.
The director of EMS, Jelena Matejic, said that this project was a pioneer for both the investor and EMS, and that two years ago this power plant was successfully connected to the transmission system.
“A huge job is still ahead of us because the investor plans to double the capacity of the wind farm and will have a partner in EMS to continue investing,” said Matejic.
The head of the South Banat District, Marina Toman, said that this project is important not only for the municipality of Kovacica but also for the entire South Banat, further increasing the use of renewable energy sources in this part of Serbia.
The wind farm “Kovacica”, which was built by the Israeli company “Enlight renewable energy”, has an installed capacity of 104.5 megawatts, with a total of 38 wind generators, and the value of the investment amounted to 189 million euros, Danas reports.
