Possibility of Using Wind and Solar Sources for Electric Power Generation on Serbian Opencast Coal Mines

Abstract

The rapid technology advancement and the significant decline of investment costs in wind and solar energy generation have opened up a significant opportunity to build these facilities on closed opencast mines or mines in the phase of closure around the world, where large available areas are almost ideal for such projects. In that sense, it is necessary to give an analysis of the possible application of wind and/or solar energy production in the Republic of Serbia’s mines, as well as the dynamics of such a generally ambitious and long-term project with conceptual solutions.

Keywords

• coal basins
• opencast mines
• planning process
• rehabilitation
• wind farm
• solar farm