1. State Electricity Regulatory Commission BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
South East Europe Regional Consultation Meeting Bucharest, Romania 6–7 October, 2016
Session II: Opportunities and Challenges in Renewables Deployment in the Region
Mujčinagić Alija
State Electricity Regulatory Commission
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

2. Structure:
SLIDE 1: Status of renewables development in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SLIDE 2: Encountered challenges in deployment of renewables
SLIDE 3: Identified opportunities from the uptake of renewables
SLIDE 4: Expected future developments in the frameworks for renewables
SLIDE 5: Potential areas of required support

3. Status of RE Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Key findings:
Adoption of NREAP is a key achievement in the RES development in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2016
According to NREAP, the overall goal includes the 40.0 % target share of RES in the gross final energy consumption by 2020
Structure of RES production in 2020:
- wind 9 %
- solar 0.27 %
- biomass 1.36 %
- hydro % Share of energy from renewable sources in gross final energy consumption in 2009 was 34.0 %
Current RE installed capacity:
Solar MW
Small hydro 91 MW
Wind 0.3 MW
Biogas 0.4 MW
Support scheme for renewables
Feed-in tariff or guaranteed purchase price
Feed-in premium, in case of production for personal use or free market trade

4. Encountered Challenges in Deployment of Renewables
Legal challenges
Legal (legislation and regulations) security is recognized as the most important challenge. Full compliance with EU directive 2009/28/EC is crucial for the improvement
Technical challenges
Grid access and operation
Balancing mechanism
Economic challenges
Market development issues
Cost challenges
Political challenges
Significant influence on further development

5. Identified Opportunities from the Uptake of Renewables
Increasing security of supply
Decentralized production (distributed generation)
Environmental impacts (cut in greenhouse gas emissions)
Economical impacts (new green energy jobs, new technologies’ development, etc.)

6. Expected Future Developments in the Frameworks for Renewables
NREAP to be regularly updated and harmonized with the latest indicators as well as with actual economic and social possibilities
Energy statistic development (lack of actual statistical indicators of the overall final energy consumption, especially concerning biomass, makes it difficult to make a realistic forecast of the final consumption by 2020)
It is foreseen that the binding renewable energy target will be exceeded, reaching 43% in 2020
Support schemes development (market based approach - introducing feed-in premium)

7. Potential areas for Required Support
The existing framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources is not fully compliant with EU directive 2009/28/EC
Energy statistics is under development and cannot be used to produce sufficient data for monitoring and updating of the RES sector overview
Support scheme improvement