Naslov
STATUS AND COMPARISON OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN CROATIA AND SOME NEIGHBOURING EU COUNTRIES (SLOVENIA, HUNGARY, ROMANIA AND BULGARIA)

Autori
Ognjan, Diana ; Stanić, Zoran ; Tomšić, Željko

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

Izvornik
Europski poslovni forum o obnovljivim izvorima energije - Zbornik radova (European Business Forum on Renewable Energy Sources - Proceedings) / Štih, Krešimir - Zagreb : Hrvatska gospodarska komora (HGK), 2007, 41-59

ISBN
978-953-6207-96-1

Skup
Europski poslovni forum o obnovljivim izvorima energije (European Business Forum on Renewable Energy Sources - Proceedings)

Mjesto i datum
Cavtat, Hrvatska, 11.11.2007. - 14.11.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
renewable energy; feed-in tariffs; Romania; Bulgaria; Slovenia; Hungary; Croatia

Sažetak
European Union (EU) is dedicated to sustainable development, mostly because of reducing CO2 emissions, but also in order to decrease import dependency and price fluctuations of energy sources (oil, gas, etc.). One of the methods of reaching these goals is to increase the share of renewables within total energy mix. Therefore, a number of directives and policies have been created in the EU to implement and support renewable energy. Each EU member state has obliged to increase the share of renewables within its own energy generation mix, and also set the target share of renewables within the total consumption in 2010 and 2020. The ultimate EU goal in 2020 is to fulfill the so called „ 20-20“ concept – 20% increase in using renewables and 20% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Introducing economic instruments to support investments in renewable energy has become essential for EU member states in order to reach their targets. Some countries selected the system of privileged purchase prices, so called feed-in tariffs, where there is a set price for purchasing electricity from each renewable source and others introduced the tradable green certificates (TGC) system in combination with mandatory quota, where each producer for each MWh of renewable electricity produced receives a green certificate with which he can then trade on the market, so every producer or utility can reach mandatory share set by the state. The objective of this paper is to give an overview and comparison of renewable energy policies and support mechanisms introduced in Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia. Countries were selected on two different levels: Hungary and Slovenia as Croatian EU neighbours, with similar natural and geographical resources and Romania and Bulgaria as new EU member states, as Croatia will soon join EU, so it can learn from their experiences. Other countries, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia will not be a part of this paper, because they still haven't introduced energy policies, so the comparisons were not possible.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Elektrotehnika, Ekonomija

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