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The infrastructure of Renewable Energy Sources for Sustainable Development in Kosovo

As a country in a transitional stage, Kosovo has not yet solved the problem of energy supply, because the energy demands are increasing every day. About 97% of the electricity produced in Kosovo is produced by coal with a low calorific value of about 7200 [kJ/kg]. Due to gas emissions that are produced by coal-burning and due to the rise of economic development, the level of pollution in the centres that are located near Power Plants and in urban areas have increased above the permitted level. Currently, the Republic of Kosovo and the countries of Western Balcan are facing a huge demand for electricity, although the industry of Kosovo does not have satisfactory levels of development and energy demands of the industry are very small. Kosovo has signed the agreement 20%/20%/20% to meet the European Union's directive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020, to increase the use of renewable energies by 20% of the total consumption and achieve energy savings by 20. Some of the above-mentioned objectives can be achieved by a detailed analysis of the potentials of solar radiation and wind in various areas of the Republic of Kosovo. Despite the prospect of huge Renewable Energy Sources, Kosovo now has only 3% of installed solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and small hydropower plants together in the general production of Electricity. Renewable Energies will be probable alternatives to offset the energy crisis in Kosovo. With the aim of this paper, the status and prospects of Renewable Energy Sources will be reviewed and their potentials, implementation, implications for being used in Kosovo will be analysed. Furthermore, the paper will attempt to provide a detailed future research in the field of Renewable Energies in order to fulfill the agreement that the Republic of Kosovo has signed to be a member of European Union.

Renewable Energy Sources, Kosovo

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