Croatia
Croatia fails to transpose EU’s Renewable Energy Directive
17 February 2023 - The European Commission has decided to refer Croatia, Hungary and Portugal to the Court of Justice of the European Union
Regulatory deadlock keeps renewables investors in Croatia on seven-year hold
08 February 2023 - new laws since 2021 haven’t changed a thing because bylaws are missing and new investments were halted, the chamber pointed out
Croatia launches public calls for 250 MW in solar, wind projects
31 January 2023 - An investor that gets an energy approval must pay the government EUR 6.6 per kW of the capacity of the planned power plant
Biogas power plants in Croatia are on verge of collapse
30 January 2023 - For more than a year their owners have been struggling to cope with high prices of raw materials, and now a price cap is introduced
EuroEnergy acquires wind farm project in Croatia
23 January 2023 - The wind power plant is located in the Udbina municipality of Lika Senj County, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea
Croatia could fully replace electricity imports with 1 GW of new wind capacity
16 January 2023 - By tapping on its renewable energy potentials, Croatia could completely eliminate the need to buy electricity abroad.
HEP plans to purchase electricity from private producers
12 January 2023 - Hrvatska Elektroprivreda is now the second state-owned energy company in the region that made such a decision
Croatia to develop first low-carbon city district in region
09 January 2023 - Karlovac is the first city in Croatia and one of the few in Europe to adopt a spatial plan for making its districts sustainable, energy-efficient and climate-resilient
Hydrogen filling station project underway on Vis island in Croatia
04 January 2023 - The City of Vis and the H2 association are developing a plan to build the first hydrogen filling station in Croatia
Energy Transition Europe invests EUR 16 million in Croatia’s wind farm
04 January 2023 - The investment is undertaken by the Energy Transition International Capital (ETIC), which intends to continue its investments in the Balkans
INA intends to produce green hydrogen at Rijeka oil refinery
30 November 2022 - The green hydrogen will be used to supply the transport sector in Croatia and for the refinery’s own consumption
Croatia, Slovenia to introduce windfall tax
23 November 2022 - Countries around Europe have already introduced a windfall tax to finance generous subsidies paid to the population and businesses
Croatia rejects green electricity projects of 2.5 GW in total
28 October 2022 - The requests were rejected in line with article 133 of the Law on the Electricity Market, said the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development
CMS advises a syndicate of banks on the EUR 126m financing of two wind farms in Croatia
27 October 2022 - International law firm CMS has advised a syndicate of banks on a EUR 126 million package to build two onshore wind farms in Croatia
Pula wins world’s first Friend of the Sea Sustainable City Award
13 October 2022 - The efforts of the Croatian city of Pula to preserve its marine environment and species have been recognized by the Friend of the Sea project
EU grants for investments in Romanian and Croatian power transmission grids
12 October 2022 - The Romanian and Croatian transmission system operators have just received several hundred million euros for upgrades and digitalization