Serbia presented the preliminary goals for the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan that it is developing, ahead of the launch of the public debate. The government is targeting 100 times more solar power and 10 times more capacity in wind parks for 2030. It aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40.3% and achieve a share of 41% of renewables in gross final energy consumption by the end of the decade.

Serbia’s Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) is being drafted under the working slogan ‘To Be, or Not to Be’, government officials said at the presentation of the preliminary goals. The five scenarios and the initial figures will be put to a comprehensive public debate – with domestic and foreign institutions, companies and every citizen, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mining and Energy Zorana Mihajlović said.

The purpose of the strategic document is to set the path for making Serbia climate neutral by 2050, alongside ambitious goals for the current decade. The ministry laid out the provisional targets for 2030:

• Cut greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 40.3%,
• Reach a 41% share of renewable sources in gross final energy consumption,
• Reach a 49.1% share of renewable sources in electricity production,
• Reach a 50.9% share of renewable energy sources in heating and cooling,
• Reach a 6.1% share of renewable sources in transportation,
• Boost energy efficiency to lower primary energy consumption to 14,750 megatons of oil equivalent (MTOE),
• Boost energy efficiency to lower final energy consumption to 9,528 MTOE,
• Add 1.54 GW in solar power capacity or 100 more than the current level, and
• Add 3.51 GW in wind power or ten times more than what is now installed in Serbia.

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