The Serbian authorities has known as for the event of a spatial plan for six giant photo voltaic crops with a cumulative capability of 1 GW to be colocated with two-hour battery vitality storage methods with energy output of not less than 200 MW.
In the center of final 12 months, the federal government started on the lookout for strategic companions to put in the amenities, together with 1,000 MWac (1,200 MWdc) photo voltaic crops and not less than 200 MW of battery storage. The amenities shall be handed over to power-owned energy utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS), which acts as an proprietor and investor.
The consortium Hyundai Engineering – UGT Renewables (UGTR) was chosen as a strategic associate in a young known as in July. Under the phrases of the partnership, the strategic associate is required to pick out the areas for the development of the amenities, along with getting ready all the mandatory documentation and buying tools. Specifies that single-axis trackers must be used.
Today, the federal government gave a mark of approval to the proposed websites – which embody the cities of Zaječar and Leskovac and the 4 cities of Bujanovac, Lebane, Negotin, and Odžaci – and requested a spatial plan. to be accomplished inside eight months.
The associate will function the photo voltaic crops and batteries for 2 years, and through that point, is anticipated to offer O&M coaching to the EPS crew. After a 2-year interval, the amenities shall be owned and operated by EPS, which beforehand outlined plans to decommission about 1 GW of thermal energy crops within the 2025-35 interval.
The photo voltaic and battery amenities shall be delivered by June 1, 2028. Government representatives have been quoted earlier this 12 months as saying that development might start as early as 2024.
According to the Association of Renewable Energy Sources in Serbia, the nation has put in about 95 MW of photo voltaic. However, that quantity is just not precise, as there isn’t any official registry for photo voltaic put in for self-consumption at this stage. In April, Serbia commissioned its largest utility-scale photo voltaic venture, the 9.9 MW DeLasol PV venture in Lapovo, central Serbia.
Currently, the nation intends to introduce new renewables-related laws. Under the proposed adjustments to the Energy Law, Serbia goals to remove internet billing and internet metering by the top of 2026.
It additionally seeks to permit finish customers to change into energetic individuals within the electrical energy market, introduce dynamic tariff contracts, set up company electrical energy buy ages, and require certification for -installation of renewable vitality amenities.
The proposed adjustments would additionally remove the moratorium on new nuclear amenities, which has been in place for about three a long time.
