Renewable Energy Benefits: Can South East Europe realise the full potential of the Energy Transition?
Organised within the framework of IRENA’s Regional Initiative in South East Europe and co-hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, this workshop aimed to improve understanding of renewable energy socio-economic impacts and the affordability of renewables.
Participants from governments, industry, academia, international financial institutions and other relevant institutions discussed:
- how to maximize socio-economic and environmental benefits of RE;
- how to increase use of modern bioenergy in the region;
- how the falling costs of renewable power generation can influence developments in South East Europe;
- IRENA’s role in South East Europe in the upcoming years in the context of the 2020-2021 Work Programme.
In addition, government representatives were invited to present their views on preliminary results of the REmap analysis that IRENA develops for countries of Central and South East Europe within the frameworks of the CESEC initiative. The study will determine cost-effective technical options to accelerate renewables deployment by 2030.
View the Workshop Agenda and Summary Report.
Presentations:
Session I: Socio-economic and environmental impacts of Renewables
- Emanuele Bianco, Associate Programme Officer, IRENA
Socio-economic impacts of Renewable Energy, Preview from: “Renewable Energy Market Analysis: Southeast Europe” - Julian Popov, Fellow, European Climate Foundation
Bulgaria’s experience in the low carbon transition - Griša Močnik, Professor, Jozef Stefan Institute
Using black carbon to measure the efficiency of air pollution abatement - Garret Patrick Kelly, Principal, SEE Change Net
Is there a link between Energy Poverty, Energy Efficiency and (Renewables) for Consumer?
- Naida Taso, Associate Professional, IRENA
Status of IRENA’s engagement with South East Europe - Marcin Scigan, Regional Programme Officer, South East Europe, IRENA
IRENA’s role in South East Europe - Dubravka Bosnjak, GIZ Open Regional Fund for SEE – Energy Efficiency
National Energy and Climate Plans (NECP)
- Adam Brown, bioenergy expert
Future of modern bioenergy in SEE - Nicolae Zaharia, bioenergy expert, Republic of Moldova
The experience of expanding the use of modern biomass in Republic of Moldova - Elvis Hadzikadic, Project Manager, UNDP CO BIH
Key findings of studies on expanding and improving the district heating system in the Canton Sarajevo and utilization of renewable energy in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Andrej Gubina, Head of the Laboratory of Energy Policy, University of Ljubljana
Waste for Energy, Experience of Ljubljana
- Emanuele Bianco, Associate Programme Officer, IRENA
Cost and affordability of Renewable energy sources, Preview from: “Renewable Energy Market Analysis: Southeast Europe” - Milka Mumović, Electricity and Statistics Expert, Energy Community Secretariat
Subsidies to electricity generation from coal in the Energy Community - Sonja Risteska, Project Officer Southeast Europe, Agora
De-risking on-shore wind in SEE: Serbia as a case study - Mak Dukan, AURES II Researcher, Technical University of Denmark
The effects of auctions on financing conditions for renewable energy projects