The Law on Energy assigned the task to develop the implementation legislation on the promotion of renewable energy sources to the Ministry of Energy and Mining. The electricity produced in UNMIK is based mostly on coal, in 2007, only 2% electricity in total consumption has been produced in two small hydropower plants according to data published by ERO. Therefore, the Energy Strategy has dedicated a special chapter on promotion of electricity produces from renewables to reach three major goals: to ensure economic growth, to diversify the electricity sources for the security of supply and to improve environmental protection. Based on the Strategy, the Energy Efficiency Law including the use of renewable energy sources will be developed and the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources Fund will be established.

The Programme for the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for 2007-2009 is in implementation phase. Development of electricity produced by RES, mainly from small hydro power plants is a priority of the EERE Programme. In two assessment studies, the hydro potential mainly in small hydro power plants as well as the other form of renewables (biomass, wind, solar, geothermal and solid waste) has been assessed and it had identified hydro, solar, biomass and wind as the most potential for both electricity and heat production.

The annual indicative targets for the electricity produced from RES in total electricity consumption have been set through an administrative instruction of the Ministry, in 2007. Based on this act, the targets increase from 3,15 % in 2007 to projected 3,81 % in 2010 and 7,78 % in 2016.

Support schemes for the promotion of electricity produced from renewables envisage feed-in tariffs to be set and approved by the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) in accordance with the Government Decision issued in 2007. It is expected that feed-in tariffs for small hydro power plants to be enforced by the end of 2008 and feed-in tariffs for other renewable energy sources (wind, solar, biomass) to be developed in 2009.
The priority dispatch for the electricity produced from renewables is set through the 2007 Government Decision and ERO is currently drafting the power purchase agreements for electricity produced from renewables.

Authorisation procedure for new generation capacities has been recently approved by ERO.

The Law on Energy assigned to the Ministry of Energy and Mining the task to develop the secondary legislation on the promotion of renewable energy sources. Almost a year ago, the Ministry prepared a draft administrative instruction on the use of biofuels in transport which defines the targets at 2% of biofuels by December 2009, and at 5.75 % by December 2015. This Draft Administrative Instruction will be submitted to the Government for approval.