A project that will not be abandoned is the wind park on Gvozd. The first construction works are expected in the spring of next year. Elektroprivreda says that using the potential of wind for electricity production creates the conditions for Montenegro to fulfill the European agenda of green transition and decarbonization.
According to data from the Wind Europe website, Montenegro is at the very top of Europe in the production of electricity from the wind in total consumption. In order to tame the potential of the wind even more, at the end of 2025, the electrical energy system of Montenegro will receive reinforcement from the Gvozd wind farm.
– We are expecting 150 GWh of newly produced energy and the Gvozd wind power plant alone would be equivalent to the production of meeting the needs of 25,000 households – Ivan Mrvaljević, director of the Directorate for Development and Investments of EPCG said.
This is also the first project from renewable energy sources that will not be paid for by the citizens of Montenegro.
– Unlike the existing Možura and Krnovo wind farms, this will be the cost of EPCG and its business task. So, it will not be seen through the item of renewable energy sources, nor will this project be encouraged in any way from the budget of Montenegro – Mrvaljević points out.
In addition to wind, other renewable energy sources are something that the profession places special emphasis on. In combination with hydro potential, they can make the power system extremely stable.
– The most stable source is storage hydropower plants like Komarnica, which, in my opinion, should start as soon as possible so that these renewable energy sources, numerous solar power plants and wind farms can be better absorbed and better balanced in the system – points out Radoje Vujadinović, Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
By building additional power plants from renewable energy sources, Montenegro is moving on the path of green transition and decarbonization.
– There are already enough urban planning and technical conditions, that if those energy facilities are built, the Pljevlja thermal power plant can be turned off, in case of EU obligations – Vujadinović adds.
– In the activities that concern the just transition itself and the preparation of the national energy and climate plan, we are working to define the appropriate road map of the just transition, which is in one part only energy-related, in that part that by 2050 or the year of exit thermal power plant, which we will define in cooperation with the state – says Mrvaljević.
Numerous investors are interested in the construction of wind farms in Montenegro. In addition to Gvozd, the plan is to build wind farms in Brajići and Bijela near Šavnik.
