TY - JOUR
TI - Potentials and prospects for implementation of renewable energy sources in Serbia
AU - Dragović Njegoš M
AU - Vuković Milovan D
AU - Riznić Dejan T
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2019
VL - 23
IS - 5
SP - 2895
EP - 2907
PT - Article
AB - Serbia is dependent on imports of crude-oil and natural gas, but is endowed by reserves of lignite and the potential of renewable energy sources. Serbia has a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector and to increase the share of renewable in gross final energy production 27% by 2020. Serbia’s total estimated technically usable potential of renewable energy sources is 5.65 Mtoe per year. Biomass has the highest potential for use in Serbia (3.448 Mtoe), followed by hydro power (1.679 Mtoe), solar energy (0.240 Mtoe), geothermal energy (0.180 Mtoe), and wind energy (0.103 Mtoe). This paper presents the potential of renewable energy sources available in Serbia, with current status of their use and prospects for further exploitation. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 179013: Sustainability of the Identity of Serbs and  National Minorities in the Border Municipalities of Eastern and Southeastern  Serbia]