In the organization of the NGO Green Home, a panel discussion was held today on the topic of opportunities and obstacles in the use of solar, wind energy and the use of heat pumps for citizens in Montenegro.
The panel presented the research, done by the NGO Green Home, which concluded that Montenegro has great potential in renewable energy sources, but that these potentials are underutilized. According to the energy balance for this year, electricity production will be according to the structure: 51.2% from hydroelectric power plants, 38.55% from thermal power plants, 9.11% from wind power plants and 1.14% from solar power plants. Despite the great potential for the production of electricity from the Sun, which is measured by the number of sunny hours of over 2000 hours per year for most of the territory, and more than 2500 hours for the coast, the share of electricity production from solar panels with only 1.14% is extremely a bit.
Obstacles in the simple use of these energy sources are reflected in the still high installation prices, but also in insufficient information among citizens about how profitable these investments are in the long term.
On the panel, Dr. Tomi Medved, head of the Energy Strategy Laboratory of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University of Ljubljana, presented the green transformation in the case of Slovenia and good examples from practice in this country, and pointed out the problems encountered by Slovenia and which Montenegro should not repeat.
Aleksa Ćulafić, representative of the Ministry of Capital Investments, Ranko Vukmirović, Secretary of the Committee for Energy and Mining of the Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro, as well as Željko Pekić, representing Elektroprivreda Montenegro, also spoke about the current utilization of the potential for electricity production from renewable energy sources.
The common conclusion is that in Montenegro we have great potential in renewable energy sources, but also numerous obstacles in using them, and that it is necessary to invest serious efforts in providing conditions for the development of energy production from renewable sources for citizens. It is necessary to define a strategic and planning framework for this area, which is an integral part of the National Energy and Climate Plan, the work of which has not made significant progress, but also the creation of more favorable conditions for citizens to invest in such projects. Technical and technological solutions exist and are being improved every day, but there is a lack of implementation in Montenegro.
The organization of the panel is part of the project “Let’s talk about renewable energy sources on a human scale” which is implemented by the NGO Green Home with the support of the European Climate Network (CAN Europe).
