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 […]

Renewables August 25, 2016

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 […]

Waste August 3, 2016

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. […]

Rehabilitation of landfill Meka underway

Workers came to waste landfill Meka at Ludbreg, a town in the northern part of Croatia, to start recovering it. Total worth of the remediation of the municipal facility is HRK 37 million (EUR 4.9 million), financed with more than EUR 4.1 million from the Cohesion Fund of the European Union, while EUR 628.000 is […]

Waste July 29, 2016

EU finds Croatia infringes rules on waste

The European Commission is requesting Croatia to bring its national law into full conformity with European Union’s rules on waste. The Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) aims to minimize the negative effects of the generation and management of waste on human health and the environment, the press release said and added the aim is also to […]

Waste July 22, 2016