Western Balkan countries will be obligated to introduce carbon pricing by 2025, said Janez Kopač, outgoing Director of the Energy Community Secretariat, write balkangreenenergynews.com.
Janez Kopač noted that the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community meeting would be held in Belgrade on November 30 and announced that several European Union directives would be adopted, including those on energy and climate policy, renewable energy sources, and energy efficiency. He stressed that the directive on energy and climate policy also refers to preparing national energy and climate plans (NECPs).
The document, which should be adopted at the meeting, envisages the introduction of a CO2 tax no later than 2025, Kopač told N1 television after the Parliamentary Forum of the Energy Community in Belgrade. Nevertheless, in his words, the energy transition is a long-term process, and it is clear that coal-fired power plants will operate in Serbia for decades to come.
The transition will almost certainly last until 2050, Kopač said.
