By 2050, Kosovo will cut power from coal

Today, a report envisioning the future of the electricity sector is expected to be published in Brussels by 2050.

This report focuses on Balkan states such as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Romania.

The Institute for Development Policy has published some of the objectives of the report from the Energy Guide Project for Southeast Europe (SEERMAP).

The report suggests that SEEMAP countries, including Kosovo, should use renewable sources for electricity supply.

The SEERMAP region will have to replace more than 30% of its current fossil-based production capacity by the end of 2030 and more than 95% by 2050. This, on the one hand, presents the challenge of preparing a policy framework that will foster new investments, and on the other hand, is an opportunity to shape the electricity sector for a long term in line with a broader energy transition strategy from the current generation portfolio”, the report says.

According to the report, it is considered that higher states have enough resources to produce energy with renewable resources.

The “South East European countries have common challenges in the electricity sector: an old fleet of electricity production based mainly on linen and in need of new investments, consumer sensitivity to high prices for bottom consumers and poor fiscal performance of state companies. But there are also common opportunities. The region has great potential for generating solar, wind and biodiversity energy, great hydro potential for the balance of the system, and is generally closely interconnected”, said further in the report.

The project was implemented by the international consortium led by the Regional Centre for Exploration of Energy Policy (REKK). The financing for the project was provided by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management and the European Climate Foundation.