Croatia’s first geothermal power plant Velika 1 officially unveiled
Croatia’s first geothermal power plant, the 16.5 MW Velika 1 in Ciglena near Bjelovar, has been officially unveiled in a ceremony attended by Croatian Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy Tomislav Ćorić and Muharrem Balat, Chairman of the Board of Turkey’s MB Holding, which owns the plant. Europe’s biggest binary power plant was built in […]
Croatia issues third public call this summer for geothermal exploration
The Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency (CHA) has announced a public call to select the best bid for geothermal energy exploration in the Križevci exploration area, for the purpose of issuing an extraction license for energy use, the third such invitation issued in as many months. The deadline to submit bids is September 7, 2019, according to […]
Turkey’s MB Holding to build second ORC geothermal power plant in Croatia
Zagreb-based MB Geothermal, wholly-owned by Turkish MB Holding, has signed a contract with Croatian engineering firm Ekonerg to design a binary (ORC) geothermal power plant called Legrad, with an installed capacity of 19.9 MW, in what will be MB Holding’s second major geothermal project in Croatia, according to a press release from MB Geothermal. The […]
Velika Ciglena geothermal power plant starts operation
The Velika Ciglena geothermal power plant, the first in Croatia and the largest Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) system in Europe, with a capacity of 17.5 MW, has started operation. The investor is Turkish construction company MB Holding. MB Holding received a permit to build the geothermal power plant in 2015, under an investment estimated at […]
