The Croatian Government adopted a new bill to incentivize installments of renewable energy systems. Ana-Maria Boromisa takes a critical view on the legislative process and explains the future challenges. While the British government has announced plans to close all coal-fired power stations by 2025, Croatia is planning to increase the capacity of one of its old blocks in the coal-fired power plant in Plomin (Istria region) by four times. Here, it is interesting to look at how the country plans to meet its 20% renewables target by 2020 (18% in 2013) and decarbonize. So far, only the Renewable Energy and High Efficiency Cogeneration Act in Croatia was adopted in September 2015. The act provides for a new model of incentives from January 2016 onwards. Instead of the current feed-in tariff system, a market premium model is to be implemented. The premium will be available for a capacity defined by a quota (in kW), comparable to the German EEG 2.0. By the end of January 2016, the Government should define a quota for the 2016-2020 period, which includes the … Continue reading The new Croatian renewable law: one step forward (and none back?)