HEP bolstering electricity supply in coastal areas
HEP Group said its Operator of Distribution System (HEP ODS) is investing more than HRK 500 million (EUR 66.8 million) in coastal areas aimed at contributing to Croatian tourism. The investments will allow for a significantly more secure supply of consumers on the Adriatic coast, as during the summer months their number is growing, the government-owned […]
Project Region2Sustain completed in Osijek
Company Unikom d.o.o. and the Regional Development Agency of Slavonia and Baranja, on the Croatian side, and city of Beremend (Breme) on the Hungarian side, has completed Region2Sustain project, which lasts until August 31. A press conference was organized in Osijek on August 24, to mark the event. The endeavour was launched to create conditions for the […]
OTP bank installs photovoltaic unit in Zadar
OTP banka d.d. said it is the first in Croatia using its own energy sources. The construction of solar power units in Dubrovnik, Zadar and Pula will secure a part of electricity for its buildings, according to a statement issued at the beginning of this month. The bank headquartered in Hungary recently put the new solar power […]
HEP installs equipment in two cogeneration plants
The installation of major equipment in Hep Group’s first combined heat and power (CHP) plants on forest biomass in Osijek and Sisak is complete. The start of trial operation in the two cogeneration facilities is scheduled for the beginning of next year while they are expected to obtain operating permits in the spring, the Croatian state-owned power utility revealed. The units worth more than EUR 35 […]
Končar delivers equipment for substations in Albania
Končar Group said its unit High Voltage Switchgear delivered the equipment for the first phase of the construction of a new 110/35/10 kV transformer station Çorovodë in Albania. The high voltage gear, connecting and suspension material are for a project which Končar Power Plant and Electric Traction Engineering (KET) realized with a local partner for […]
HEP’s cogeneration facility in Zagreb eligible for incentives
Croatian Energy Regulatory Agency (HERA) awarded Block L in HEP Group’s TE-TO Zagreb the status of privileged electricity producer last month, Energetika.net reported. This is the Croatian government-owned power utility’s first highly efficient cogeneration unit to receive incentives for power generation. The official rate is HRK 0.53 (EUR 0.07) per kWh. Block L of TE-TO Zagreb, fuelled by […]
Environmentalists support waste management plan
Seven environmental groups endorsed the draft 2016-2022 Waste Management Plan which the Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection presented for public hearing, according to a report by the Croatian Association for Energetics published on its portal Croenergo.eu. Environmentalists stressed how strengthening the system for separate collection at recycling centres helps local industry and create conditions for new […]
CROPEX joined by Interenergo as first EU-based member
Company Interenergo Ltd., headquartered in Slovenia’s capital of Ljubljana, signed an agreement with CROPEX on July 26 to become a member with the right to participate in trading on the Croatian day-ahead market. Croatian Power Exchange Ltd. said Interenergo became the ninth member of the marketplace after five months of operational work, which started in February. […]
