New gas interconnections with region to enable annual imports of 2.3 billion cubic meters of gas

By building a gas interconnection to Bulgaria, Serbia diversified its sources of supply with this energy source for the first time two years ago, and in the next two to three years, the plan is to connect our country to North Macedonia and Romania in the same way, which will enable annual imports of a total of 2.3 billion cubic meters of gas, announced the Assistant Minister of Mining and Energy for International Cooperation, European Integration and Project Management, Jovana Joksimovic, at the ADIPEC conference in Abu Dhabi.

– Serbia is also working on expanding gas storage capacities. Our country is located at the crossroads of energy routes in the region, and the best way to use this position is through connections with other countries in Southeast Europe. As a country with eight borders, we have the opportunity to be a transit corridor for electricity transmission, but also to play a significant role in gas transport to Central European countries – she stated.

Joksimovic, participating in the panel on decarbonization, said that Serbia’s commitment was to improve energy security through the development of production capacities, intensive investments in energy infrastructure and strengthening regional connectivity.

– Working on increasing electricity production capacities, Serbia is focused primarily on the use of hydropower and solar and wind potential. The strategic project RHPP Bistrica, with a capacity of about 650 MW, which is under preparation, is important for us to be able to balance the increased production of energy from RES. In the past two years, wind and solar capacities have increased by 83%, which brings us closer to the strategic goal defined by the Integrated Energy and Climate Plan, to have 45% of electricity produced from RES by 2030 – said Joksimovic.

She also added that Serbia was the first in the region to meet the conditions for connecting to the EU market and that she expected it to be among the first to implement the connection to the EU electricity market, namely with Hungary.

Ministarstvo rudarstva i energetike Republike Srbije

Ministry of Mining and Energy

Jovana Joksimović

ADIPEC conference

gas interconnections of Serbia

RHPP Bistrica