EUR 40 million funding provided for smart grids project connecting Slovenian and Croatian electricity grids
EU is to provide EUR 40 million funding from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for SINCO.GRID, a smart grids project that enhances links between the electricity grids of Slovenia and Croatia and gives a boost to the use of renewable energy in the region. Huge replication potential expected. The project will integrate several innovative technologies to […]
New biomass CHP commissioned in Croatian town of Glina
The Drvni centar (Wood Center) in the Croatian town of Glina commissioned a new cogeneration plant (CHP) as a part of its wood processing plant. The new power facility has a capacity of 5 MW of electric and 12 MW of heat energy and will help expand the company’s wood drying facilities. Drvni centar CEO […]
Croatian Dalekovod and BiH Elektroprivreda HZHB signed EUR 20 million contract
Power transmission equipment maker Dalekovod d.d. from Croatia announced it signed in Mostar the contract for the reconstruction and construction of transmission lines and transformer stations with Bosnia’s power utility Elektroprivreda HZHB, worth over EUR 20 million. The project is divided into three parts according to the type of works, and covers the construction of […]
EU funding recycling yards in Croatia with EUR 19.4 million
Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy announced the first public call for waste management projects to be co-financed from EU funds. The grant worth EUR 19.4 million will be used for the construction of recycling yards. In January 2017. Croatian government adopted a 5-year Waste Management Plan. That document was a precondition for obtaining the […]
Green certificates for two HEP hydropower plants
Croatian energy regulatory body (HERA), assigned green certificate to two hydropower plants of Croatian state-owned power utility (HEP) earlier this month. The green certificates provide them with a status of privileged producer of electricity from renewable energy sources. However, these two hydropower plants, HPP Orlova and HPP Dubrava, even with green certificate, are not be entitled to receive […]
Landfill gas in Rijeka – source for electricity production
Landfill gas-to-electricity facility has been completed in Viškovo, near Rijeka in Croatia. The cost of the investment in new plant was EUR 1.3 million, and it is located on the former “Viševac” landfill site. Landfill gas-to-energy facility started probes in September 2016, while the full-time operations have been launched in January 2017, according to the Croatian […]
Hydropower potential Croatia’s best chance for more energy independence
Hydropower potential is Croatia’s best chance for more energy independence, concluded the participants of the 4. Energy Investment Forum 2017, which was organized in Zagreb by Poslovni dnevnik. The country currently imports around 30 percent of electricity consumed. “Hydro potential is our biggest potential with KN 3 billion investment cycle (EUR 403,8 million),” said Perica […]
Excise duties on biomass and renewables in Croatia would be “dangerous precedent”
The introduction of excise duties on biomass and other renewables in Croatia was the main topic during the International Conference on Biomass and Renewable Energy Sources held in Zagreb. The representatives of the Croatian Wood Cluster, which has been the conference organizer for seven years in a row, have warned that the introduction of the excise duties […]