On 8 July, the EU Delegation reported that more than €2.2mn in grant funding had supported energy-efficiency investment by hotels across Montenegro. The programme was implemented through cooperation involving the Ministry of Tourism, the European Union, the Ministry of Energy and Mining and the Eco Fund. A further public call worth €500,000 is scheduled for September 2026.
The Ministry of Tourism and EPCG also signed a memorandum covering the promotion and installation of solar photovoltaic systems at tourism facilities. The commercial rationale is increasingly clear: hotels face near-European food and equipment prices, rising labour costs and highly seasonal utilisation. Reducing electricity consumption and adding behind-the-meter solar generation can protect operating margins, particularly for coastal properties with high cooling and hot-water demand.
For lenders, the strongest hotel projects will combine energy-efficiency measures with metered consumption baselines, realistic solar-generation profiles and properly structured maintenance obligations. Grants can improve project returns, but equipment selection, roof condition, fire safety, grid approval and seasonal load matching remain essential to achieving the forecast savings.
