Energy Efficiency

Croatian Ministry calls for energy efficiency, renewables projects for industrial production

Photo: Pixabay

Published

October 12, 2017

Country

Comments

0

Share

Published:

October 12, 2017

Country:

Comments:

0

Share

Croatia’s Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy published an invitation for the co-financing of projects to raise energy efficiency levels and the use of renewable energy sources in industrial production. The Ministry said in a statement that it had secured a budget of HRK 114 million (around EUR 15 million) from the European Regional Development Fund for grants to implement selected projects.

The Ministry published its invitation for projects as part of the Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014-2020 program, that is the part of that program aimed at increasing energy efficiency and raising the level of use of renewable energy sources in industrial production.

The statement said the invitation for project proposals is aimed at providing support to efforts to raise energy efficiency in industrial production and reduce the use of fossil fuels through energy savings.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy will accept project proposals for the renovation of production facility and office buildings to raise their energy efficiency levels and for projects to install equipment needed for the use of renewable energy sources in production facilities across Croatia. The project proposals can be submitted to the Ministry from November 10, 2017 to January 17, 2018.

The Ministry said its invitation is for micro, small, medium and large private enterprises and companies registered for production and processing activities, except for the production and processing of food, beverages and tobacco products. The statement said the invitation was open only to individual entrepreneurs and companies, not associations or partnerships, adding that they can submit only one proposal each and get only one grant.

The lowest amount of the grants which a project proposal can receive is HRK 350,000 (around EUR 46,000) and the highest is HRK 20 million (around EUR 265,000). Micro, small, medium and large enterprises and companies can count on financial support amounting to between 55 percent and 85 percent of the total planned funds needed to implement their projects. The grants will be allocated by the deadline of 120 days from the closing date for project proposal submissions.

Comments (0)

Be the first one to comment on this article.

Enter Your Comment
Please wait... Please fill in the required fields. There seems to be an error, please refresh the page and try again. Your comment has been sent.

Related Articles

Iva Đinđić Ćosić, eng

Iva Đinđić Ćosić: energy transition opens door for greater role of women

22 March 2024 - Iva Đinđić Ćosić is lead contract specialist at Elektromreža Srbije. With a master’s degree in law, she has been working in the energy sector for 18 years

eenergy call application grants to SMEs to increase energy efficiency

Application open for grants to SMEs to increase energy efficiency

06 March 2024 - The EENergy project is funded by the EU’s Single Market Program (SMP) for support to small and medium-sized enterprises

European heat pump sales drop 2023 layoffs

European heat pump sales drop in 2023, resulting in layoffs

29 February 2024 - Heat pump sales tumbled 4.7% last year in 14 countries tracked by the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA)

IFC loan Serbia largest biomass CHP decarbonize paper industry

IFC approves loan for Serbia’s largest biomass CHP project to decarbonize paper industry

26 February 2024 - IFC facilitated a loan package of EUR 106 million for Serbian tissue paper producer Drenik ND, which is about to build a biomass CHP plant