HoSt receives EUR 20 million order for two CHP plants
Croatian electricity company HEP said it signed a deal for the construction of a combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Sisak with companies HoSt and Đuro Đaković. The contract worth EUR 18.95 million was signed less than a week after a similar document for a CHP system in Osijek. The contractor was selected from […]
Power market and renewables laws in the pipeline
Croatian Economy Ministry carried out public consultation for the new Law on Renewable Energy Sources and High Efficiency Cogeneration as well as for the proposed changes in the Law on Electric Power Market. A discussion of experts and representatives of institutions and associations was organised on April 15 on the renewables bill, the ministry said […]
State property chief announces IPO for 25% stake in HEP
The Government of Croatia plans to organize an initial public offering (IPO) for a 25% stake in national grid operator HEP, a state official told Bloomberg News. The state plans to get HRK 2 billion (EUR 260 million) to HRK 3 billion, stated Mladen Pejnović, head of state assets management bureau Duudi, and added the […]
HEP pushes projects for electric cars, chargers
National electricity company HEP Group presented new electric vehicles in its fleet to reporters together with the charger network ELEN. The cars were purchased with a subsidy from the Environmental protection and energy efficiency Fund, Croenergo.eu portal said. The system is part of the group’s strategic project eMobilnost, the report said. The operator said it […]
Funding energy upgrade for family houses made easier
„Based on the experience on family houses energy upgrade from last year, we decided to change the programme in order for it to become more fair and enable everyone from any part of Croatia to apply,“ the country’s minister of environmental protection and nature Mihael Zmajlović said. Last year it turned out only 180 cities […]
Krk island to become energy independent and carbon free
The northern Adriatic island of Krk is set to become Croatia’s first energy independent area free of carbon-dioxide emissions, and by 2030 the island will be completely powered by renewable energy sources, Dalje.com portal said. “We are pioneers in this endeavour in the whole of Croatia,” the CEO of the Ponikve EkoOtok company, Zdenko Kirinčić, […]
Turkish MB Holding plans a 10 MW geothermal plant in Croatia
Muharrem Balat, MB Holding Chairman of the Board, told Anadolu Agency his company shall build the first geothermal plant in Croatia. The 10 MW facility project is supposedly worth EUR 30 million and due to become operable in 2017. Balat added geothermal has lately been in Turkish company’s focus, with investment in the home country […]
Make public institutions switch to peat for heating, producers say
Association of Peat, Briquettes and Wood Biomass Producers presented its initiative in the town of Vinkovci, together with Croatian Wood Cluster, to get authorised institutions to introduce peat as heating fuel in most public buildings through public procurement system, which would result in saving money, Energetika.ba portal reported. The association’s representatives said there were 3,200 […]
