Third edition, June 2021
The winds of change started to make their way through energy sectors of the Western Balkans, shifting the discourse on the sector’s future from coal to energy transition and boosting renewables. While in practice decarbonisation in the WB6 has yet to get off the ground, effects of the energy transition in the European Union, notably of pricing CO2 emissions, have started to spill over to the energy markets of the Western Balkans.
The absence of structured energy transition plans raises uncertainties about the direction and speed the transition will take in the Western Balkans. These uncertainties are echoed in the calls of market participants and investors for more predictability. That is why agreeing on credible decarbonisation paths towards achieving 2030 and 2050 targets should be the main task of WB6 parties in the coming months.
The expected adoption of the Energy Community Decarbonisation Roadmap and the Clean Energy Package by the Energy Community Ministerial Council on 25 November 2021 will bring predictability and set the legal basis for decarbonisation on the Energy Community level, starting with the adoption of 2030 targets and National Energy and Climate Plans (NECP).
Despite these uncertainties, the Western Balkan 6 parties are moving on with the implementation of actions agreed by the Sofia Declaration on the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans. As the process unfolds, the WB6 Energy Transition Tracker continues to monitor and assess the progress through qualitative and quantitative indicators related to reducing emission footprints, improving functioning of the energy markets, scaling up renewables, improving energy efficiency and planning for the decarbonised energy future.
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Share of coal-based capacity
2016 - 2020 share of coal-based capacity / production in total WB6 capacity / production
Status: 06/2021
Source: compiled and calculated by the Energy Community Secretariat -
Installed RES electricity generation capacities
Installed WB6 electricity generation capacities from renewables 2016 - 2020 (MW)
Note: excluding large hydro power
Status: 06/2021
Source: compiled and calculated by the Energy Community Secretariat
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CO2 emissions from power and heat sector
2019 - 2020 CO2 emissions from power sector per GDP (kg CO2/EUR)
Status: 06/2021
Source: EUROSTAT database, Contracting Parties submission, compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat -
LCP emissions versus NERP ceilings
LCP emissions versus NERP ceilings 2019 - 2020
Source: compiled and calculated by the Energy Community Secretariat
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Expected closure of opted out plants
Expected closure of opted out plants
Status: 06/2021
Source: compiled and calculated by the Energy Community Secretariat -
Indicative timeline and steps for joining EU ETS
Indicative timeline and steps for joining EU emissions trading system (ETS)
Status: 02/2021
Read more EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) | Climate Action
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Nationally Determined Contributions
State of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC2) preparation in WB6
Status: 02/2021
Source: compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat -
National Energy and Climate Plans
State of National Energy and Climate Plans preparation in WB6
Status: 06/2021
Source: compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat
View also the separate NECP-page for further details -
Climate Law
Status que of elements needed for a draft Climate Law in WB6
Status: 06/2021
Source: compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat
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Electricity market share
Market share in the wholesale and retail electricity market, 2020
Status: 06/2021
Source: Compiled and calculated by the Energy Community Secretariat -
Electricity prices 2020
Electricity prices, I semester 2020 in EUR/kWh
Status: 06/2021
Source: EUROSTAT database, AKBN report for Albania -
Imbalance Settlement Price in 2020
Weighted Average Imbalance Settlement Price in 2020 [€/MWh]
Status: 06/2021
Source: WB6 parties submission, compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat -
Inability to keep home adequately warm
Inability to keep home adequately warm (% of WB6 households)
Note: data for Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina not available, for Kosovo only for 2018.
Status: 02/2021
Source: EUROSTAT - European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) -
Interconnectors, peak load and installed generation
Interconnectors, peak load and installed generation in WB6
Status: 02/2021
Source: National TYNDPs, data updated by WB6 TSOs in December 2020/January 2021,
compiled and calculated by the Energy Community Secretariat -
Maximum usage of interconnectors
Maximum usage of WB6 interconnectors
Status: 02/2021
Source: Ten Year Network Development Plan 2020: Regional investment plan Continental South East,
updated by KOSTT, OST, EMS and NOS BiH in December 2020/January 2021 -
Direct subsidies for coal-based electricity versus RES incentives
Direct subsidies for coal-based electricity versus RES incentives per final consumption in 2019 (EUR/MWh)
Status: 02/2021
Source: compiled by by the Energy Community Secretariat based on the data from Coal Subsidies Study 2020 and EUROSTAT database
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Share of renewable energy
Share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption in 2019 (relative to 2020 target)
Status: 06/2021
Source: EUROSTAT data, compiled and calculated by the Energy Community Secretariat -
Installed capacities of self-consumers
Installed capacities of self-consumers in kW
Status: 06/2021
Source: Compiled by the Energy Community
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Implementation of energy efficiency 2020 targets
WB6 implementation of energy efficiency 2020 targets
Status: 06/2021
Source: compiled and calculated by the Energy Community Secretariat -
Energy productivity 2019
WB6 energy productivity as a share (%) of EU average, 2019
Note: The energy productivity indicator is calculated in line with EUROSTAT methodology (GDP divided by the gross
available energy) and expressed in relation to the EU average (set to equal 100%). It shows a degree of decoupling of
energy use from growth in GDP.
Status: 06/2021
Source: compiled and calculated by the Energy Community Secretariat -
Investment gap in buildings programmes
Investment gap in energy efficiency in WB6 buildings programmes
Status: 06/2021
Source: compiled and calculated by the Energy Community Secretariat
For more details: Energy Efficiency in Buildings in the Contracting Parties of the Energy Community
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Fuels used in district heating
Fuels used and share (%) of co-generation in district heating, 2019
*combined heat and power
Status: 06/2021
Source: compiled and calculated by the Energy Community Secretariat