Serbia's solar energy potential unused
Serbia has 2,000 to 2,300 sunny hours per year, enough to apply solar collector technology.
Sunday, 28.10.2007.
19:51
Serbia has 2,000 to 2,300 sunny hours per year, enough to apply solar collector technology. And while other countries offer incentives for introduction of solar energy equipment, in Serbia a solar collector can only be bought with all the relevant taxes incorporated in the price. Serbia's solar energy potential unused Despite this, some households have opted for this environmentally friendly source of energy, slashing their electricity bills by 60 percent. On of them, Ljubisa Stankovic from Pozarevac, currently residing in Austria, says that country has legislation that mandates that construction companies must to install solar collectors in new buildings, while the government subsidizes all those who decide to purchase the necessary equipment themselves with 40 percent of the price. Not so in Serbia, where officials say the main reason for insufficient use of renewable energy sources lies in disparity between the price of power and various fuels. They say that only "more expensive power" will stir people toward using renewable energy sources. "As long as its cheaper to heat water using electric power, irrelevant of the government incentives, we cannot expect serious investment in solar energy facilities. In other words, the price of power for these purposes needs to go up," Vladan Karamarkovic, deputy energy minister, says. But even though officials speak about government incentives, they are apparently yet to be defined. The government is working with the World Bank to come up with such a program, expected to produce first results next year.
Serbia's solar energy potential unused
Despite this, some households have opted for this environmentally friendly source of energy, slashing their electricity bills by 60 percent.On of them, Ljubiša Stanković from Požarevac, currently residing in Austria, says that country has legislation that mandates that construction companies must to install solar collectors in new buildings, while the government subsidizes all those who decide to purchase the necessary equipment themselves with 40 percent of the price.
Not so in Serbia, where officials say the main reason for insufficient use of renewable energy sources lies in disparity between the price of power and various fuels.
They say that only "more expensive power" will stir people toward using renewable energy sources.
"As long as its cheaper to heat water using electric power, irrelevant of the government incentives, we cannot expect serious investment in solar energy facilities. In other words, the price of power for these purposes needs to go up," Vladan Karamarković, deputy energy minister, says.
But even though officials speak about government incentives, they are apparently yet to be defined. The government is working with the World Bank to come up with such a program, expected to produce first results next year.
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