Study on the Potential for Climate Change Combating in Power Generation in the Energy Community, Western Balkans - parties of the Energy Community

Client: Energy Community Secretariat, Austria

Name of partner(s): N/A

Start/Completion Date: January 2010 – April 2011

Project description: The main objective of the study was to make an inventory of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from electricity generation (incl. CHP) as well as the projected increase by 2020, based on the generation forecast. It also listed potential and actual abatement measures in each Contracting Party. Furthermore, the study assessed the impact of any agreement following-up on the Kyoto Protocol, taking into account the situation of the Contracting Parties there under. Finally, recommendations for better policy-making have been made for Western Balkans - parties of the Energy Community (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo - UNMIK). SEEC among others has performed following main tasks:

• Inventory of the greenhouse gas emissions 1990 – 2008, and projections until 2020;
• Streamline greenhouse gas emission reduction policy with policies on renewable energy energy efficiency and investment;
• Greenhouse gas emission reduction with reduction of other pollutants (SO2, NOx, dust).