Turkey global leader in new geothermal capacity in 2018, Croatia sixth
Turkey was the global leader in adding new geothermal capacity in 2018, with 219 MW. Croatia was sixth worldwide, with 17.5 MW. Turkey completed several geothermal power projects in 2018, raising its installed capacity by 21% or 219 MW, to 1.3 GW, according to a report by think tank Renewable Energy Policy Network for the […]
Croatia launches fresh call for co-financing home renewables systems
Croatia’s Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU) has issued a fresh invitation to apply for co-financing home renewables systems, offering a total of about EUR 1.49 million in grants and adding solar hot water collectors to the incentives scheme, according to a statement on the fund’s website. In the new round, grants for co-financing […]
Days of Good Wind gather 200 participants from Croatia, world
A conference titled Days of Good Wind, organized by the Croatian Renewable Energy Sources (OIEH), which started yesterday and ends today in Vodice, has gathered around 200 participants from Croatia and around the world interested in the future of wind energy, with a special focus on the region of South East Europe. The conference is […]
wpd Adria plans EUR 1.5 billion investment in 1.2 GW wind farms in BiH, Croatia
wpd Adria, a subsidiary of German renewable energy company wpd, intends to invest EUR 1.5 billion in an integrated 1.2 GW wind farm system in the Livno-Grahovo-Knin area in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to Zoran Obradović, managing director at wpd Adria, eKapija reported. The Dubrovnik-based wpd Adria is currently in the process of […]
Zagreb adopts first Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan in Croatia
The City Assembly of Zagreb has adopted the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP), the first such document in Croatia, the North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agency (REGEA) said on its website. The City of Zagreb has prepared the action plan in cooperation with the REGEA. The SECAP includes 23 measures for reducing CO2 emissions […]
HEP to install Obrovac Sinjski, Konačnik solar power plants with total capacity of up to 95 MW
Croatian state power company Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) plans to build two solar power plants – the 60 MW Obrovac Sinjski and the 35 MW Konačnik in the Splitsko-Podravska County, according to applications submitted to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy. The two power plants are part of HEP’s investment cycle to soak around EUR […]
5 MWe biomass cogeneration plant officially opened in the city of Slatina
Resalta, the energy efficiency and renewable energy company, marked the opening of the Slatina biomass cogeneration plant in Croatia this week. The 5 MWe plant is one of the major renewable energy projects in that part of the country and produces enough electricity to power 500 households, according to a press release from Resalta. Resalta, […]
Power utility HEP invites applications for assistance from ZelEn fund
Croatian state power company Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) has invited social care institutions to apply for a total of HRK 1 million (EUR 135,000) in assistance from the ZelEn fund, which is financed through the sale of electricity produced exclusively from renewable energy sources, according to an announcement on HEP’s website. ZelEn is electricity produced from […]
