TY - JOUR
TI - The potentional of renewable energy sources for greenhouse gases emissions reduction in Macedonia
AU - Dedinec Aleksandar
AU - Markovska Natasa
AU - Taseska Verica
AU - Kanevče Gligor
AU - Bosevski Tome
AU - Pop-Jordanov Jordan
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2012
VL - 16
IS - 3
SP - 717
EP - 728
PT - Article
AB - As European Union (EU) candidate country, Macedonia is in the process of  adoption of the EU strategic energy policies, harmonization of the national  legislation with the EU legislation and defining the respective national  goals. In this regard, the government has recently adopted a National  Strategy for Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources (RES), prepared by  ICEIM-MANU. The main goal of this paper is to assess the potential for  greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions reduction by implementation of  21%-RES-scenarios from the Strategy. The corresponding emissions reduction is  calculated against the baseline (reference) scenario developed within the  Second National Communication on Climate Change. Furthermore, all potential  RES technologies are analyzed from economic aspect and combined in a form of  emissions reduction cost curve, displaying the total marginal cost of the GHG  emissions reduction by RES. Finally, on the bases of the environmental and  economic effectiveness of the considered RES technologies, as well as taking  into account the country specific barriers, the priority actions for GHG  emissions reduction are identified.