ABSTRACT
The article stresses the significance of the use of renewable energy sources (RES) regarding the fact that the climate changes are a real problem and RES are a real solution. The article also shows the potential of biomass, solar energy, hydro energy, wind energy, and geothermal energy, as well as the actual state of exploitability of these RES in Serbia. There are identified barriers to RES implementation and proposed measures to overcome them. There are present strategies for improvement and an increase of exploitability of RES potential in compliance with the world policy in this regard. The aim of this article is to point out the necessity of creating an enabling environment for promoting RES and the gradual removal of barriers to stronger penetration in the energy market.