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4.3.3 Croatia
Pascal Hauser and Guillaume Albrieux, International
Center on Small Hydro Power
Key facts
Population 4,480,043 1
Area 56,594 km 2
Climate Mediterranean and continental;
predominantly continental with hot
summers and cold winters; along the
coast: mild winters, dry summers
Topography Geographically diverse; flat plains
along Hungarian border, low
mountains and highlands near Adriatic
coastline and islands
Rain pattern Annual average precipitation in Croatia
is 975 mm, with values ranging from
650 mm in Eastern Slavonia to 3,800
mm in the area of Gorski Kotar. 2
Electricity sector overview
Croatia’s Energy Development Strategy set three basic
energy objectives for the period until 2020: security of
electricity supply, competitiveness of the energy
system, and sustainability of energy development.
Renewables
Oil
Oil/ natural gas
Coal
Hydro
1.2%
4.3%
15.6%
16.2%
62.7%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Figure 1 Electricity generation in Croatia
Source: Energy Regulator’s Regional Association 3
Note: 4.7 TWh imported.
For the projected electricity consumption of about 28
TWh in 2020, the Strategy envisages construction of
2,700 MW of base-load generating capacity, of which
300 MW is in large hydropower plants and 2,400 MW
in thermal power plants.
It also foresees intensive construction of power
generating facilities harnessing renewable sources,
such as wind parks, small hydropower plants, biomass,
biogas, geothermal and solar power plants. The
objective is to maintain the share of production from
large hydropower and renewable energy sources in
total electricity production at present level so that it
constitutes 35 per cent by 2020. 4
The market opened up 100 per cent in July 2008.
Power production, transmission, distribution and
supply are all legally unbundled. Croatia is a net
electricity importer (of 4.7 TWh in 2011). 3
Small hydropower sector overview and potential
The installed capacity in Croatia is around 1,700 MW
for hydropower storage plants and around 380 MW
for run-of-river plants, resulting to an electricity
production from hydropower sources of 8,309 GWh in
2010. 4 The total installed small hydropower capacity
amounts to 39.65 MW (figure 2 and table). The
definition for small hydropower plants in Croatia is
less than 10 MW of capacity . 5
SHP installed
capacity
SHP potential
n/a
39.65 MW
0 10 20 30 40 50
Figure 2 Small hydropower capacities in Croatia
Source: Beraković and others 5
Installed small hydropower capacity in Croatia
Plant name
Unit
Number
Total
capacity
(MW)
1.700
7.200
3.600
2.200
Operating
since
SHPP Zeleni Vir
SHPP Jaruga
SHPP Ozalj I
SHPP Ozalj II
2
2
2
2
1922
1904
1908
1952
SHPP Zavrelje 1 2.000 1953
SHPP Krčić 1 0.440 1988
SHPP Čakovec 1 0.340 1982
SHPP Dubrava 2 0.680 1989
HPP Golubić 2 7.500 1981
PHPP Fužine 1 4.600 1957
PHPP Lepenica 1 1.140 1985
SHPP Čabranka Urh 1 0.008 ..
SHPP Kupčina Bujan 1 0.045 ..
SHPP Cotton industry
3 1.100 1937
“Duga Resa”
SHPP Cement plant “10.
2 1.200 1913
kolovoz”
SHPP Finvest I 4 1.260 1995
SHPP Finvest II 1 0.030 1997
SHPP Roški slap 2 1.772 1909/1998
SHPP Mataković 2 0.028 2004
HPP Varaždin 1 0.585 1975
HPP Čakovec 1 1.100 1982
HPP Dubrava 1 1.120 1989
Total 39.648
Source: Beraković and others 5
Note: SHPP – small hydropower plant, HPP –
hydropower plant.
The Energy Strategy by the Croatian Ministry of
Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship (2009) set a
goal to build at least 100 MW of small hydropower
plants by 2020. 6 According to Validzic (2011), about
200 MW of small hydropower plants are in the
pipeline. 7 Yet, no potential assessment is available.
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