After the energy crisis, energy security became global priority and
all development plans of Elektroprivreda Srbije are oriented towards
that direction. Huge changes in the process of energy transition are
expected in the forthcoming period, and new rules of the game have
already been imposed by the market. EPS strives to be a profitable
company, willing to change and find a place under the sun and in the AI
and digitalization processes – said Dušan Živković, EPS General Manager,
at the opening of VII E-Mobility Forum at the Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering.
He highlighted that we were witnesses of energy
transition which we had already been living and that the path of
transition became increasingly intense and rapid. Živković pointed out
that the recent amendment to the Energy Law had created conditions for
new market players, and also for new technologies such as hydrogen, and
that there were already more than 4,000 prosumers in Serbia. He also
said that the market was aware that the carbon footprint should be as
low as possible for everyone to be more competitive.
- EPS
participates in this process through many projects, one of them being
1,000 MW solar, with 200 MW storage. This will enable companies to make
their businesses green. We are all living the energy transition together
and we should actively participate – said Živković.
Aleksandar
Latinović, EPS Head of Divison for System Services, took part in the
forum organized by the National Association of Autonomous and Electrical
Vehicles (NAAEV) and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade,
in cooperation with the School of Electrical Engineering and Faculty of
Transport and Traffic Engineering of Belgrade University, and spoke
about the challenges of balancing in the power system in terms of
significant increase of RES share.
- Although the system
balancing is crucial for RES integration, greater challenge in the long
run is account balancing, i.e. electricity generation and consumption
alignment. The alignment in the long run will be an important factor
that will influence the development of renewable energy sources – said
Latinović.
It was highlighted at the panel that the manageable
consumption was one of possible solutions for successful integration of
large quantities of renewable sources in the power system. Latinović
mentioned the concept of Vehicle-to-Grid where battery chargers for
electric cars are connected to the network and enable mutual charging,
meaning that they may both charge the battery and return the energy into
the power system. However, an additional challenge is the readiness of
distribution network to receive these technologies and solutions for
manageable consumption.
