Wind power in Serbia

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Wind power is a fledgling source of renewable energy in Serbia. In 2020, the wind power provided 963 GWh (2.83%) of the total electricity generated in Serbia, up from 48 GWh (0.15%) in 2017. [1] [2]

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The first wind farm was opened in 2011 and is located in Leskova, Tutin; it has an installed capacity of 600 KW. [3] In 2015, a wind farm near Kula was opened with an installed capacity of 9.9 MW; it was constructed by MK Fintel Wind. [4] La Pikolina (6.6 MW) wind farm near Vršac was opened in 2016. [5]

Malibunar (8 MW) went online in 2017. [6] Alibunar (42 MW) went online in 2018. [7]

In 2019 three wind farms went online: Košava near Vršac (69 MW), [8] Čibuk 1 near Kovin (158 MW) [9] and Kovačica (104 MW). [10]

PlantLocationOpenedCapacity
(MW)
Alibunar 1 Alibunar 20239
Čibuk 1 Kovin 2019157
Kovačica Kovačica 2019104.5
Košava Vršac 201969
Alibunar Alibunar 201842
Kula Kula 20169.9
Malibunar Alibunar 20178
La Pikolina Vršac 20166.6
Đevreč Tutin 20110.5


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400
2011
2015
2019
Growth of installed wind power capacity in Serbia since 2011 (capacity in megawatts).

In 2023, a 854 MW project was planned. [11]

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