Despite many differences, the Western Balkan countries shares a similar problems in terms of environment, policy implications and technology issues. The common denominator of the weak green transition relies on sources of energy production which predominantly depends on fossil fuels. General trends concerning high green gas emission and other environmental issues followed by weak energy transition is the main challenge of the region in terms of decarbonizing of the energy sector and the economy as whole. The republic North Macedonia has been in an admirable path to address the noted challenge and to create sustainable infrastructure to reinforce the renewable energy in its overall energy mix, and work in key strategic framework for supporting sustainable economic growth in alignment European Union EU integration. In this context, the aim of the research paper is to show current situation of energy supply and demand, and to identify obstacles and bottlenecks of green transition associated with risks, policies and projects development in renewable energy fields in the republic North Macedonia.
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To Cite this Article: Mahmudi, S. (2022). The Drivers and Obstacles of Green Energy Transition in Republic of North Macedonia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(8), 234– 245.
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