1. Implemented by: The legal framework and conditions for generation and use of energy from renewable resources in Serbia Ivan Zafirović, BalkanNet Pancevo, May 14, 2013

2. Content • Introduction; • Strategic documents in Serbia for the use of renewable energy sources (RER); • Laws and by-laws of importance for the use of renewable energy; • Overview of the latest purchasing prices of electricity from RER (feed-intariff) in Serbia; • Possible limitations for investments in energy generation from renewable resources; • Conclusions

3. Introduction • Reasons for initiation of the project for the use of biomass and other RER in Pancevo; • Economic, environmental and social benefits of RER in Pancevo, • The town of Garching as a possible model for planning the implementation of RER.

4. Strategic documents in Serbia for the use of renewable energy resources • Spatial Plan of the Republic of Serbia from 2010 to 2020(Official Gazette of RS No. 88/10); • Regional Spatial Plan of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina until 2020, Novi Sad, December 2011; • National Sustainable Development Strategy (Official Gazette of RS No. 57/08); • National Environmental Protection Program (Official Gazette of RS No. 12/10); • Energy Development Strategy until 2015(Official Gazette of RS No. 44/05).

5. Laws of importance for the use of RER • Energy Law (Official Gazette of RS No. 57/11, 80/11, 93/12 and 124/12); • Law on Planning and Construction (Official Gazette of RS No. 72/09, 81/09, 64/10, 24/11 and 121/12); • Environmental Protection Act (Official Gazette of RS No. 135/04, 36/09); • Environmental Impact Assessment Act (Official Gazette No. 135/04, 36/09); • Water Act (Official Gazette of RS No. 30/10 and 93/12); • Law on Forests (Official Gazette of RS No. 30/10 and 93/12); • Integrated Prevention and Pollution Control Act (Official Gazette No. 135/04); • Public-Private Partnership and Concessions Act (Official Gazette of RS No. 88/11).

6. By-laws of importance for the use of RER • National Renewable EnergyAction Plan,February 2013; • Biomass Action Plan from 2010 - 2012. (Official Gazette of RS, No. 56/10); • Regulation on the conditions and procedure for acquiring the status of privileged power producers (Official Gazette of RS, No. 8/13); • Regulation on the Measures for Giving Incentives to Privileged Power Producers (Official Gazette of RS, No. 8/13); • Regulation on the Criteria for Issuing Energy Permits, Application Contents and Manner of its Issuance (Official Gazette of RS No. 23/06 and 113/08); • Regulation on the list of projects for which impact assessment is mandatory and the list of projects for which the assessment may be required EIA (RS Official Gazette No. 114/08).

7. Overview of the latest purchasing prices of electricity (feed-intariffs) in Serbia

8. Possible restrictions on investmentin generation of energy from RER • Inadequate infrastructure for the use of RER; • Insufficient incentive in the purchasing prices for electricity coming from RER (Feed-intariff); • Complex and lengthy process of obtaining energy, location, building, water and use permits, as well as the privileged power producer status; • Overestimated possibilities of utilization of some RER in Serbia; • Environmental consequences of the use of biomass as an energy resource; • Lack of biomass market - a potential problem of long-term continuous and adequate supply of biomass power plants, and storing of biomass.

9. Conclusion • Ambitious goal(s)of the energy policy in Serbia in the area of RER (27% of RER in gross final energy consumption in Serbia for 2020) • Relatively well developed legal and institutional framework; • The necessity to simplify the procedure for investing in renewable energy and establishing a biomass market; • Examples of good practice in Serbia as an additional incentive for investment in Pancevo for generation of energy from RER.

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