Serbia to start granting RES permits in public tenders

Serbia plans to introduce a public tendering procedure for the award of permits for renewable energy projects, the country's energy minister Zorana Mihajlovic said on Monday.

The energy ministry will compile a rulebook that, in addition to setting in place the tendering format, will set a timeframe for the full or at least partial completion of a renewables project in a bid to discontinue the current practice of repeated permit extensions while no construction work is being done, Mihajlovic was quoted as saying on the government's website.

"If the investor fails to complete the power plant after two years, or at least bring the works to a certain level, the permit will be revoked," the official said.

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