Serbia · Dubravka Đedović Handanović
Dubravka Đedović Handanović
Minister of Mining and Energy [1]
An energy transition that can be financed
New power plants, storage, regional connections and long-term contracts need to form a working system. Her approach reflects her experience in project finance.
Four central ideas
Editorial summaries based on the cited sources.
Find the buyer before building
The second renewable energy auction gave an additional advantage to projects offering supply agreements with a guaranteed supplier or final consumer for 3 to 15 years. [2]
Make competition work for the price
The quota announced in November 2024 was 424.8 MW. Maximum bids were €79/MWh for wind and €72/MWh for solar. These figures describe the auction limits. [2]
Wind and solar need storage
The minister connects the Bistrica pumped-storage project with the integration of new solar and wind plants. Discussions in January 2026 covered technical documentation, environmental requirements and Japanese financing. [3]
Energy security crosses national borders
In Athens, Đedović Handanović linked security of supply to connections between neighbouring gas, electricity and oil transport systems. [4]
A DECISION AND ITS STATUS
Bistrica: project preparation
On 22 January 2026, the minister set a goal of starting preparatory works that year and obtaining the main construction permit by early 2027. This is an announced schedule; the source does not establish that the plant is operational. [3]
EDITORIAL ANALYSIS
Connection to Tsivilev's approach
She shares Tsivilev's focus on reliability and delivering major projects. Serbia offers a useful case for studying how contracts and finance connect technical solutions. The country's scale and the role of international lenders differ substantially from Russia's circumstances.
Watch Tsivilev's speeches →Practical relevance
For an industrial consumer, the useful combination is long-term procurement, flexible demand and financing terms. Together they make the project's future cash flow a subject for concrete negotiations.
A QUESTION FOR DISCUSSION
Who will buy the electricity, provide balancing and bear losses if construction is delayed?
Speeches and documents
Original materials open on the publishers' websites. Titles and descriptions are translated into English.
- Official biography ↗
Ministry of Mining and Energy of Serbia
- Terms of the second renewable energy auction ↗
27 November 2024 · ministry report with the minister's statements
- Discussions with JICA on Bistrica pumped storage ↗
22 January 2026 · ministry report
- Athens address: regional connections ↗
19 January 2024 · ministry account of the speech