HEP plans to build 91 MW solar power plant on Adriatic coast
Croatian state-owned power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) is planning to build a 91 MW solar power plant near the city of Zadar, on the Adriatic coast.
The photovoltaic facility will be slightly smaller than the 99 MW Korlat system – HEP’s largest, which it is building in nearby Benkovac. The company’s biggest two solar power plants will be located just a few dozen kilometers apart.
HEP plans to install the solar panels in the Crno area, eZadar reported. It is approximately six kilometers east of Zadar. The site is located within the planned Crno business zone.
Eleven solar power plants are planned near the Crno location
The power plant would span approximately 93 hectares. Its estimated annual electricity production is 119.8 GWh. HEP’s facility in Crno would consist of roughly 139,800 photovoltaic modules.
The news website pointed out that there are projects for 11 PV plants at locations within a ten-kilometer radius. They are intended to cover an area of about 483 hectares. None have been installed so far.
Neoen Renewables Croatia developed one of the projects, Vlaka, for 62.5 MW in peak capacity.
HEP is also planning 90 rooftop solar plants
The Korlat solar power plant, which will be the largest in Croatia, is being built by Chinese companies Shandong Electric Power Engineering Consulting Institute Corporation (SDEPCI) and Norinco International Cooperation.
Together with HEP’s first wind farm, commissioned in 2021, the Korlat solar plant is about to form the country’s first renewable hybrid energy park.
In addition to large ground-mounted PV facilities, HEP is planning to set up 90 solar power plants on its buildings across Croatia. Its subsidiary HEP ESCO is carrying out the project.
