Serbia has been selected as one of the four pilot countries of the global GEF project “Increasing Investments in District Energy Systems in Cities – a SE4All Energy Efficiency Accelerator”. The main objective of the project is to provide analysis, training and support to the City of Belgrade and the Belgrade District Heating Company to rehabilitate, modernize and expand district energy in Belgrade, including possible inter-connection of the district heating system based on natural gas. The main project activities included:
- Deep Assessment of district energy in the City, including: a techno-economic assessment of the existing network; evaluation of the benefits and potential for modernization, rehabilitation and expansion; analysis of policy, regulatory, financial and institutional barriers; development of a priority investment plan including network rehabilitation; identification and pre-feasibility analysis of two high priority projects;
- Support the City to prepare a Procurement Plan for the demonstration project dependent on the chosen business model for the project;
- Development of a 10 to 20-year District Energy Action Plan of actions, policies and investments to deliver Belgrade’s full potential for modern and energy efficient district energy;
- Develop ‘train the trainer’ modules which will build capacity in the relevant institutions in Serbia on specific training topics.
Funded by: UNEP
Country: Serbia
Year: 2018 – 2019