Energy Sector Development Strategy
of the Republic of Croatia
The current Energy Sector Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia has been
developed by the Institute and published by the Office for the Development Strategy
of the Republic of Croatia in March 2002. The Strategy has been developed under
the umbrella of a much larger project of the Croatian Government entitled Croatia in
the 21st Century. An expert team which consisted of authors form the Energy Institute
Hrvoje Požar, Croatian Electric Utility Company (HEP), Croatian Oil and Gas Company
(INA), Jadranski naftovod (Adriatic oil pipeline - JANAF Plc.), EKONERG and numerous
other domestic and foreign consultants worked on the strategy’s development.
The Energy Sector Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia published in
2002 is a logical continuation of the strategy which was developed in 1998. What
needs to be emphasized is that a significant portion of the goals set in the 1998 strategy
have already been implemented by 2002. Namely, the concept of energy reform
has been accepted by the Government of the Republic of Croatia in July 2000, while
the package consisting of five essential energy laws has been adopted in July 2001.
The Energy Sector Development Strategy contains energy, economic, legislative,
organisational, institutional and educational aspects which aim to prepare the Croatian
energy sector for a rapid and successful integration into the European Union.
The following tasks were kept in mind when developing the Energy Sector
Development Strategy:
• all short-term measures had to fit into a long-term vision of energy sector development;
• the concept of sustainability of economic development had to be included into
all energy policy measures, and special consideration had to be given to the environment
as an invaluable Croatian resource;
• the Energy Sector Development Strategy had to be compatible with regional,
European and international energy trends and markets;
• emphasis had to be placed on the development of the energy market, while it had
to be up to the state to create adequate conditions for energy management on market
principles;
• diversification of energy forms, sources and production technologies had to be
encouraged;
• efficient use of energy, the use of renewable energy sources and gas network
development had to be strategically instigated in the following ten years;
• research, development and demonstration of new, clean and efficient technologies
had to be incited;
• active participation in European demonstration projects in the sphere of new
technologies had to be encouraged, and convenient and attractive locations for
the implementation of the said technologies had to be offered.
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