January 23, 2026
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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.

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January 23, 2026
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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.

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July 4, 2025
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Project underway for 99 MW Bokšić solar plant with battery storage

The Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition has initiated a procedure to determine the need for an environmental impact assessment for the planned 99 MW solar power project Bokšić, which includes a battery energy storage system.

The annual electricity production of the Bokšić solar power plant is estimated at just under 120 GWh. The facility, with a planned connection power of 89 MW, would be connected to the grid through a new 110/33 kV transformer station, and then to the existing 110 kV Našice-Slatina transmission line.

The annual electricity output is estimated at just under 120 GWh

The project also includes a battery energy storage system (BESS), according to the environmental impact assessment report prepared in February and updated in June. It would be designed for an operating power of 38 MW and a capacity of 70.8 MWh, with an expected lifespan of 20 years.

Solar power plant Bokšić will have a 70.8 MWh battery system

The assessment procedure is necessary because the developer, Zagreb-based Funicula, intends to build a stand-alone photovoltaic plant, according to the ministry. The project’s site is near Bokšić, in the Đurđenovac municipality in Osijek-Baranja County.

The solar power plant is planned to occupy ​​about 123.8 hectares of land, with photovoltaic panels covering about 46 hectares. The site will be enclosed by a protective masonry fence up to two meters high, raised at least 15 centimeters above the ground to allow small animals to pass underneath, according to the ministry.

Bokšić is among the largest solar projects in Croatia

Few solar projects in Croatia are for a larger capacity than Bokšić. State power utility Hrvatska elektroprivreda (HEP) is working on the Korlat endeavor, also of 99 MW. At an auction last year, two major solar power projects were awarded market premiums – Promina, with a planned installed capacity of around 189 MW, developed by Spain-based Acciona Energia, and Obrovac Sinjski, for 144 MW, to be built by Aurelis Solis.

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June 9, 2025
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Billot: Balkans is key region for Nordex

This year Nordex Group is celebrating its 40th anniversary as one of the largest wind turbine manufacturers in the world. “We’re number one in Europe and the Balkans is actually a key region for us,” Christopher Billot, Sales Director for the Mediterranean region of Nordex Group, said at Belgrade Energy Forum 2025.

Nordex installed its first N27 turbine with a capacity of 250 kW in 1986, just one year after the company was founded. In 1995, it became the first in the world to start serial production of a megawatt-class turbine. Today, the capacity of its units ranges from 4 MW to 7 MW.

Christopher Billot noted that the company has been manufacturing wind turbines for the last 40 years.

Nordex entered the Balkans 10 years ago

“We’re number one in Europe and the Balkans is actually a key region for us where we focus intensively. We’ve been there for the last 10 years, and so far we have achieved up to 1 GW of wind turbine installation but also construction across Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia,” Billot stated.

Nordex is spreading within the region and that’s key, in his words, for the company and its future in the region and overall.

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“We’re happy to be a silver sponsor of the Belgrade Energy Forum. This is for us a great opportunity to network and to basically partner with all the institutions, clients, and continue to grow and build the network for growth in the Balkans,” Billot stressed.

The global company has marked its 40th anniversary at the recently held Belgrade Energy Forum 2025 (BEF 2025), affirming its commitment to the region.

Helping the pioneering steps in renewables development

Nordex installed and contracted an overall 1 GW in Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia, encompassing 222 wind turbines across 16 wind farms. Looking at the company’s portfolio, it can be said that it plays a pioneering role in the development of renewable energy sources in the region.

Here are a few examples.

In November last year, it signed an agreement with Montenegro’s state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) for its first wind farm, Gvozd, with a capacity of 54.6 MW. The contract is worth EUR 46.4 million.

A few months earlier, it was announced that Nordex would participate in the expansion of the largest wind farm in Serbia. It received an order for 22 turbines with a total capacity of 154 MW for the Čibuk 2 project. The investors are Masdar and Taaleri SolarWind III Fund.

Nordex was also a partner to Croatian state-owned Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) in building its first wind power plant. The contract for the delivery of 18 wind turbines with a total capacity of 58 MW for the Korlat wind farm was signed in July 2019.

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