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Renewable energy policy<br />

Using renewable energy is one of the strategic<br />

objectives within the national energy policy. Croatia<br />

has a goal to maintain 35 per cent of electricity<br />

generation share from renewable energy sources,<br />

including large hydropower plants, in its overall<br />

electricity consumption until 2020. It will promote a<br />

goal of renewable sources, including large<br />

hydropower plants, in final energy consumption of 20<br />

per cent. 6<br />

Legislation on small hydropower<br />

The feed-in tariff system in Croatia is comprehensive,<br />

with different tariff structures for plants smaller and<br />

larger than 1 MW, including a specific tariff for<br />

hydropower. 8 Only hydropower plants up to 10 MW<br />

are eligible. 9<br />

Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship.<br />

Presentation at Energy Community 4th Renewable<br />

Energy Task Force Meeting Vienna, 29 November<br />

2010. Available from www.energycommunity.org/pls/portal/docs/794182.PDF.<br />

8. Clean Energy Portal - Reegle (2010). Croatia.<br />

Available from<br />

www.reegle.info/policy-and-regulatory-overviews/HR.<br />

9. Legal Sources on Renewable Energy (<strong>2013</strong>).<br />

Croatia : Feed-in tariff. Available from www.reslegal.eu/en/search-by-country/croatia/single/s/rese/t/promotion/aid/feed-in-tariff/lastp/359/.<br />

Barriers to small hydropower development<br />

The small hydropower sector development needs high<br />

specific investments and faces limitations related to<br />

the environmental impact, cultural-historical heritage<br />

and landscape protection. In order to achieve the<br />

goals determined in the Energy Strategy, Croatia shall<br />

motivate the inspection of remaining water courses to<br />

determine the exact location and potential for<br />

construction, facilitate administrative procedures to<br />

obtain the necessary permits to construct small<br />

hydropower plants (particularly for small plants under<br />

5 MW), and to harmonize energy legislation and other<br />

laws related to water management. 6<br />

References<br />

1. Central Intelligence Agency (2012). The World<br />

Factbook. Available from<br />

www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/geos.<br />

2. European Small Hydropower Association (2008).<br />

Small Hydropower Energy Efficiency<br />

Campaign Action: Strategic Study for the Development<br />

of Small Hydro Power in the European Union.<br />

3. Energy Regulator Regional Association (2012).<br />

Croatian Energy Regulatory Agency. Available from<br />

www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Croatia<br />

Accessed December 2012.<br />

4. Hrvatska elektroprivreda (2010). Annual <strong>Report</strong><br />

2010.<br />

5. Beraković, B., Pavlin, Ž., Štefanac, S. (2009). Small<br />

Hydro–A Part of Water Management. Available from<br />

http://wmhe.gf.ukim.edu.mk/Downloads/PapersTopic<br />

3/A09-Berakovic-Pavlin-Stefanac.pdf.<br />

6. The Republic of Croatia Ministry of Economy,<br />

Labour and Entrepreneurship (2009). Energy Strategy<br />

of the Republic of Croatia. Zagreb. Available from<br />

www.mingo.hr/userdocsimages/White%20Paper%20E<br />

nergy%20Staregy%20of%20the%20Republic%20of%2<br />

0Croatia.pdf.<br />

7. Validzic, D. (2011). Updates – Regulatory<br />

Framework for the Renewables in Croatia.<br />

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