Authorities of W. Balkans 6 countries urged to speed up renewable energy permitting

Skopje/Vienna, 11 November 2026, dtt-net.com – Governments of Western Balkans six countries should accelerate permitting for renewable energy projects to meet climate goals and energy EU integration pathway, the Energy Community Secretariat – a body set up by the European bloc – called in a new report. “It is key both to meeting climate goals on the region’s path to EU integration and to securing energy supplies in an increasingly turbulent geopolitical landscape,” the Vienna-based body said. It recalled that as of 2024, the six countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Serbia) had 23 GW of wind and solar projects in development, yet only 1.5 GW are currently installed.