Serbia had a record year for solar energy additions in 2025, led by the deployment of large-scale power stations. The country has a gigawatt-sized project pipeline, although most are still in earlier stages of development and are not expected to come online this year.
Serbia added 134.3 MW of solar power last year, according to data shared by the Association Renewable Energy Sources of Serbia (RES Serbia).
This figure is a record for a calendar year in Serbia, building on the 80 MW added in 2024, and bringing the country’s cumulative solar capacity to 318.3 MW.
Danijela Isailovic, general director of RES Serbia, said pv magazine Deployment figures for 2025 consisted of 92 MW from new solar power plants and 42.1 MW of additional prosumer capacity.
Isailovic explained that the Serbian solar market is currently dominated by the large-scale utility segment, with a total of 192.2 MW installed in December. But she added that the number of prosumers is also growing rapidly, with companies and households looking to reduce energy costs and play a role in Serbia’s energy transition.
Households currently represent the largest group of prosumers in Serbia, with 4,435 installations nationwide accounting for 37.1 MW of installed solar energy. Other prosumers, including industrial and commercial facilities, government institutions, churches and educational centers, account for 1,631 installations and 88.8 MW of Serbia’s solar capacity.
The results of the second renewable energy auction in Serbia have been announced last Februarywith 176.6 MW allocated for five solar energy projects, in addition to five wind energy sites. The biggest solar winner was the Solarina project, under development by CWP Europe in Zaječar municipality in eastern Serbia, which secured the right to a market premium for 105 MW of the planned 150 MW.
RES Serbia is now calling for the organization of a third renewable energy auction, following the Serbian auction plan originally announced last year.
Isailovic said pv magazine Construction of the Solarina project is expected to begin in 2026. Other major projects set to begin construction this year include the Noćaj 1 and Noćaj 2 solar projects being developed by Turkish renewable energy producer Fortis Energy. The company received a connection permit for an energy storage system of 270 MW solar energy plus 72 MWh battery in northwestern Serbia in October.
Serbia’s pipeline for solar energy projects also includes plans to develop 1 GW of solar energy spread over six locations a separate one by 2027 500MW solar energy deal and a 1 GW solar panel factory. However, Isailovic warned that delays in permitting and implementation hampered the project’s progress in 2025 and could remain a problem in 2026.
“It appears that projects will not be operational until the end of 2026, so we expect about the same or even fewer solar projects connected to the grid by the end of this year,” Isailovic said.
Last year, Serbian state-owned electricity company Elektroprivreda Srbije also commissioned its first solar power plant, a 10MW array on an old mine dump. The company has since said it plans to develop similar projects at other landfills and landfills and has announced a plan design tender for a new solar energy project earlier this month.
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