Huge cash injection as Serbian provinces ditch coal for biomass
Serbia is speeding up its move from fossil fuels to biomass with a multi-million euro injection.
Novi Pazar is the third municipality in the country to receive funds under the £26.7m euro (£23.6m) project, which was launched in mid-2017, its Ministry of Mining and Energy announced.
Priboj and Mali Zvornik received the money in October last year. In total, six municipalities in Serbia will get funds to switch from fossil fuels – coal and heating oil – to biomass.
The contract envisages the installation of new 8.5 MW biomass boiler and the renovation of the district heating system.
Novi Pazar Mayor Nihat Biševac said the district heating system was using heating oil and stressed the commodity was a major air pollutant. It led to the shutdown of a heating plant in the city centre, he added. A new biomass heating plant will lower price of heat, he stressed.
He said: “The new biomass heating plant will have environmentally friendly production, while the price of heat will be significantly lower, and the capacity for connecting new consumers will be increased.”
The project is being developed by the Government of Serbia with the Germany government, Germany’s KfW Development Bank and the Swiss Cooperation Office in Belgrade, which is part of the country’s embassy and run by government agencies.
Novi Pazar is the third municipality in the country to receive funds under the £26.7m euro (£23.6m) project, which was launched in mid-2017, its Ministry of Mining and Energy announced.
Priboj and Mali Zvornik received the money in October last year. In total, six municipalities in Serbia will get funds to switch from fossil fuels – coal and heating oil – to biomass.
The contract envisages the installation of new 8.5 MW biomass boiler and the renovation of the district heating system.
Novi Pazar Mayor Nihat Biševac said the district heating system was using heating oil and stressed the commodity was a major air pollutant. It led to the shutdown of a heating plant in the city centre, he added. A new biomass heating plant will lower price of heat, he stressed.
He said: “The new biomass heating plant will have environmentally friendly production, while the price of heat will be significantly lower, and the capacity for connecting new consumers will be increased.”
The project is being developed by the Government of Serbia with the Germany government, Germany’s KfW Development Bank and the Swiss Cooperation Office in Belgrade, which is part of the country’s embassy and run by government agencies.
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