Western Balkan Power Sector
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This knowledge hub offers curated materials and information on the power sector in the Western Balkan countries.
This regional project focuses on building competencies and providing up-to-date knowledge on innovative technological solutions for the electricity sector in the Western Balkans. Technological progress is amplified by enhancing the regulatory framework for an increased use of RE. In addition, the project aims to create the basic awareness for the need to establish appropriate education and training opportunities for a RE based energy transition among the relevant organisations. Read more...
Solutions for network integration of higher RE shares
- Jointly shaping and training of Western Balkans grid operators on technological innovations and good practices for dealing with increasing shares of RE (including generation/capacity forecasting, digitalization and flexibility options, dispatching, grid analysis and grid expansion planning).
- Enhancing Western Balkans grid operators' capacities on good practices for communication & coordination between distribution and transmission grids operators
- Skilling-up Western Balkans grid operators abilities for creating viable business models for dealing with prosumers, administrative handling of a variety of grid connection issues, and the implications of decentralized consumption/generation such as electromobility/charging
- Raise joint awareness of grid operators or ministries responsible for energy in the Western Balkan countries on good practices regarding integration of RE expansion planning and land use planning, as well as options for repurposing the existing grid infrastructure for RE integration
Options to improve the regulatory framework for RE
- Facilitating regional exchange between regulators and ministries responsible for energy on good practices for efficient permitting, administration and data management processes for RE deployment and operation.
- Joint trainings of regulators, energy ministries, and grid operators in the Western Balkans on options for designing grid stability criteria, grid codes, and implementation rules for mass PV deployment at the distribution grid level by prosumers and energy communities.
- Providing technical advisory to regulators, ministries responsible for energy, and grid operators in the Western Balkan countries on technical and regulatory options for grid code enforcement.
- Promoting exchanges between regulators, energy ministries, RE plant and grid operators on adequate sharing of grid connection, reinforcement and balancing costs for RE plants.
Basics for vocational education and training (TVET) for RE
- Analyze expected employment effects and skilled labor requirements of a RE- based energy transition
- Roll-out an information campaign on professional perspectives and attractiveness of green jobs among the energy transition of Western Balkans
- Together with vocational education and training institutions of the Western Balkan countries, develop a recommendation package consisting of regionally standardized learning contents and recommendations for the technical equipment of vocational education and training institutions for RE
- Update skills & knowledge for a RE-based energy transition of existing RE specialists and representatives of further education institutions by means of pilot (master) trainings.
- Development and piloting information campaigns with RE industry associations and chambers to promote good craftsmanship and technical quality to RE investors/end-users
- Identify options for coal sector professionals to retrain for the energy transition ("RE qualification") and advise organizations for professional development
Energy Landscape in the Western Balkans
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