Green World Conferences are pleased to announce that the annual HydroTech Balkan 2014 conference and exhibition will be held on 24-25 March 2014 in Belgrade, Serbia. The conference will be co-run with Balkan Wind Power 2014 conference.
The potential of renewable energy resources including hydro energy is very significant and exceeds 3.8 Mtoe. Strategy of Energy sector development until 2015 has made strengthening alternative energy sources a priority issue. In accordance to that Serbian Agency for Energy Efficiency was founded in 2005, which coordinates projects with the municipalities and other relevant bodies. Regarding the legal framework, Law on Energy is regulating energy sector and alternative energy sources, and is the only regulation in this area. It defines privileged status for producers of alternative energy resources which have priority for subsidizes, tax, customs and other incentives.
It is estimated that there is a technologically justified wind potential of around 0.2 million tons of oil equivalent in Serbia, which could replace 10% of total electric energy consumption. Areas of major wind power potential in Serbia, identified by the survey, are Jastrebac, Stara planina, Kopaonik, Juhor, Suva planina, Tupižnica, Krepoljina, Ozren, Vlasina, as well as territory of city of Vršac.
Especially interesting for foreign investors is Vojvodina with almost two thirds of it has wind speed that exceeds 4 m/s, and the needed constant level of 5 m/s could be found in several locations: Vršac (as leading with 6.27) m/s, Bela Crkva, Inđija, Irig, kikinda, Sombor, Novi Sad and Sremska Mitrovica.