August 2 (SeeNews) – Serbia’s government is in talks with US-based UGT Renewables for the construction of photovoltaic (PV) plants with a total installed capacity of 1 GW across the Balkan country, the Serbian president’s office said on Monday.

The project envisages the construction of solar plants with a footprint of 2,000 hectares that would offset 1.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions annually, the office of Serbian president’s Aleksandar Vucic said in a statement after the energy ministry signed a cooperation agreement with UGT Renewables.

“We will talk about all the conditions, and if we fulfil everything envisaged...