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Expert warns Serbia lacks integrated hydropower strategy as drought hits rivers

Serbia could increase its hydropower-based electricity production by an additional 7 to 10 percent—without any new investments—simply by managing its water resources more efficiently, said Professor Jovan Despotović today. This would raise hydropower’s share in total electricity production from the current 25–35 percent to as much as 32–45 percent. He told Beta that the construction of the reversible (pumped-storage) hydropower plant Bistrica would further boost hydropower output by another 7–10 percent. “This would be a fantastic result,” he said. Despotović…