Government increases share of green energy to be sold on Croatian power exchange
The Croatian government has decided to increase the share of net delivered electricity generated by privileged producers sold on the Croatian Power Exchange (CROPEX) from 30% to 60% from January 1. The remaining 40% will be purchased by the suppliers at the regulated price. It will be the second step toward full liberalization of the […]
Cogeneration plant on woodchips, pellets inaugurated in Županja
GEEN Holding AS has said it formally launched its second combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Croatia. The biomass unit in Županja has the capacity of 4.9 MW for electricity and it is equivalent to the Benkovac project, finished last year. The heating portion comes in at 8.5 MW and a maximum of 10 […]
Solar power plant of 3.5 MW in Croatia’s Vis island nearly completed
Ivo Radica, head of the Municipality of Vis in Croatia, said that the solar power facility that is under construction at a plot of 5.7 hectares would be an excellent asset. The eponymous island will be recognizable at the tourist map for its own electricity source and the 3.5 MW unit will also give developer […]
Most read in November: DiCaprio, Manu Chao join fight against SHPPs, conference on RES in district energy, Croatia’s first geothermal power plant
The support from Leonardo DiCaprio and Manu Chao for the initiative to ban the construction of small hydropower plants on Vjosa River in Albania and the part of the Balkan mountain range in Serbia was the most popular last month among our readers. Also check out the top three list for the part of our […]
EU approves EUR 57 million Croatian support for HEP District Heating
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, Croatian plans to support the EUR 57 million modernization of a district heating system in the city of Zagreb (Croatia) by the city’s district heating operator HEP Toplinarstvo (HEP District Heating). The investment aid will support the modernization of the hot water network through the […]
Siemens, HOPS ink EUR 14.1 million deal for Sincro.Grid project
Croatian transmission system operator (TSO) HOPS and technology company Siemens have signed a HRK 104.9 million (EUR 14.1 million) contract for the construction of an SVC (static VAR compensator) facility at transformer station Konjsko. The deal is for the installation of reactive power flow control equipment in the south part of the country’s transmission network. […]
Renewables’ capacity in Croatia projected at 1.9 GW for 2030
Analysts have calculated that the share of 36.4% in gross final energy consumption, targeted in Croatia’s strategy for the next decade for renewable sources, is equivalent to 1.9 GW. GlobalData said in its report that the projected level doesn’t include small hydropower. Authors updated the outlook and attributed the surge in green energy’s stake mostly […]
Croatia’s first geothermal power plant Velika 1 officially unveiled
Croatia’s first geothermal power plant, the 16.5 MW Velika 1 in Ciglena near Bjelovar, has been officially unveiled in a ceremony attended by Croatian Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy Tomislav Ćorić and Muharrem Balat, Chairman of the Board of Turkey’s MB Holding, which owns the plant. Europe’s biggest binary power plant was built in […]