Djedovic Handanovic and director of KfW bank discuss introduction of RES in central heating systems

The minister of mining and energy of Serbia, Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic, talked to the director of the German Development Bank (KfW) for Southwest Europe and Turkiye, Klaus Mueller, about the introduction of renewable energy sources (RES) and advanced technologies into central heating systems in Serbia.

As the ministry announced, Djedovic Handanovic said that Germany had been providing strong support to the energy sector of Serbia and the shift to cleaner energy sources for more than two decades.

KfW has an important role as a partner in the realization of numerous projects. In cooperation with KfW, in the first phase, we built new biomass heating plants in Mali Zvornik, Priboj, Novi Pazar and Majdanpek. In the second phase, worth EUR 32 million, in the next several years, another five heating plants will shift to using RES instead of fossil fuels, said Djedovic Handanovic.

She added that, through cooperation with KfW, they would also work on introducing solar energy and building battery storage facilities in heating plants.

Mueller expressed an interest of KfW in investments in innovative projects in the field of RES, such as green hydrogen, through a potential pilot project, in cooperation with the private sector, which would open the door to new investments in hydrogen infrastructure in Serbia.

Ministarstvo rudarstva i energetike Republike Srbije

KfW kancelarija Beograd

Ministry of Energy of Serbia

KfW

Dubravka Đedović Handanović

Klaus Mueller

central heating

RES

biomass heating plants

solar energy

heating plants

green hydrogen