Accurate and reliable statistics are essential in terms of planning for the energy transition. The Energy Community Secretariat has supported the Contracting Parties in conducting surveys on the consumption of different energy products and fuels in households in accordance with Regulation (EU) 431/2014. A particular focus was put on the consumption of biomass in order to accurately capture this form of energy from renewable sources in the energy mix.

Serbia is the last Contracting Party that has carried out the survey and its results were just published by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. The survey showed that 48% of households in Serbia use wood fuels as a heat source. The second largest source of heating in Serbian households, mostly located in urban areas, is central heating, with 20.7 %. Electricity is used in 14.6%, natural gas in 10% and coal in 4.6% of the households that were part of the survey.

Source: Energy Community