Naslov
Will new energy regulation help wind industry to emerge in Croatia?

Autori
Horvath, Laszlo

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), stručni

Skup
European Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition, EWEC2006

Mjesto i datum
Atena, Grčka, 27.02.2006. - 02.03.2006

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
regulation; wind energy; market operator; renewable producer

Sažetak
Croatia commissioned its first wind farm for electricity generation as late as February 2005. This wind farm was developed within the framework conditions for purchase of electricity from independent power producers introduced by the Croatian Electric Utility in 1994. The Croatian energy sector reform started in 2001 by adoption of a “ package” of energy laws. The newly defined relationships derogated the existing voluntary system and left the business conditions for renewables unregulated for years. Seemingly promising wind business opportunities at the end of the nineties turned into years-long waiting for relevant bodies and institutions to harmonise their policy towards renewables. In the meantime, young wind industry in Croatia doesn’ t lack optimism: a number of wind projects have been planned. But, instead of enabling regulation, amendments to the Croatian energy sector legislation, adopted in December 2004, just opened a new cycle of secondary regulation drafting. The intention was to harmonise the Croatian energy legislation with EU-directives and to facilitate the develpment of renewables. During 2005 renewable energy sources continue to be under-regulated, although a lot of work has been done on drafting the secondary regulation. Formulated in five separate sub-acts, it is expected to enter the adoption procedure in spring 2006, but no firm signs have yet been seen from relevant bodies. Although generally supportive to renewables, energy laws hide several important pitfalls and risks that are not easy to resolve in lower level legislation. The paper describes the results of the detailed analyses of the emerging wind market in Croatia, and gives an opinion on the expected future development of business conditions for renewables in Croatia.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Elektrotehnika

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