Energy Development Strategy of Montenegro until 2030.

The Energy Development Strategy of Montenegro until 2030 is a strategic energy sector development and management policy that sets the energy sector national strategy. Energy policy is a special branch in the overall economic policy of the state that deals with research issues and use of energy resources, energy conversion, transmission/transport and supply of energy to consumers in within the specific techno-economic, legal-regulatory and institutional-organizational conditions of the state, with the aim of providing energy services of adequate quality and security of supply, in a acceptable socio-economic conditions and following indicated environmental protection requirements. Energy strategy is a strategic mechanism - a series of measures and instruments with the implementation of which the fulfillment of adopted goals of the state energy policy shall be achieved. Climate change-Based on its status as a member of the Kyoto Protocol, Montenegro is recognized as a beneficiary of Clean Development Mechanism projects and protocols. Other sectoral European Union legislative documents are also considered (see pages 4 and 5).
Priorities indicated in this text are as follows: 1) Security of energy supply-Constant, safe, quality and diverse energy supply in order to balance the delivery to customer requirements; 2) Competitive development of energy markets-Ensuring liberalized, non-discriminatory, competitive and open energy market based on transparent conditions, by enabling free market competition in non-monopolies activities (production and supply of electricity and natural gas), basing the pricing policy for energy products on the market, as well as creating conditions for free entry of new participants to the market (independent energy producers, suppliers, traders); 3) Sustainable energy development-Ensuring energy development based on accelerated but rational use of own energy resources with respect to principles of environmental protection, increasing energy efficiency and greater use of renewable energy sources, as well as the need for socio-economic development of Montenegro. Topics and energy sectors involved in this text are including energy sources exploration, coal, natural gas, oil, renewable energy sources, biomass, wood, waste and agricultural biomass, hydropower generation, use of waste from wastewater treatment plants for energy purposes, aerothermal, hydrothermal and geothermal energy.