We must make most of energy potentials

NOVI SAD - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Construction, Transportation and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic called on all experts on Tuesday not to give up and to continue tackling the problems in the energy sector because the energy crisis is not so far away any more.

On Tuesday, Mihajlovic opened the 8th International Forum for Clean Energy Technologies in Novi Sad entitled 'Energy Charter - Sustainable Development of Serbia'.

Speaking about renewable energy sources, Mihajlovic said that by 2020, Serbia aims to have 27 percent of all energy production delivered from renewable sources.

The country has high-quality energy potentials and we need to use them to the fullest, Mihajlovic noted.

President of the Institute for European Affairs (INEA) for South-East Europe Ivo Vajgl addressed the participants of the forum via video link and expressed satisfaction that the awareness has been raised in Vojvodina concerning the need for use of clean technologies and renewable energy sources.

Forum Chair Tihomir Simic said that the care for the energy future of every country constitutes the beginning and the end of all considerations for a better life of citizens.

The commitment of the Forum's Programme Board to launch the initiative for establishment of a National energy charter of Serbia ahead of this year's gathering comes as the result of years' long analyses of success or failure of regional countries concerning the implementation of adopted national energy strategies, Simic said.

The opening of the two-day forum was attended by Vojvodina Assembly Speaker Istvan Pastor who expressed satisfaction that the provincial parliament is one of the forum sponsors.

The forum...