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18 August 2025
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Croatia has a very low solar capacity per capita of only about 20 W per person, which is far below the levels of Denmark, Germany, and Belgium. Germany, with fewer hours of sunshine (1,400 to 1,800 hours per year), has more than 600 W of installed capacity per capita. Belgium, with an average of 1,500 hours of sunshine per year, has 650 W per capita, which is about 33 times more than Croatia. The European Union has set ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing energy efficiency. Given that buildings consume about 40% of the EU's energy and produce 36% of greenhouse gas emissions, energy renovation of buildings and the use of renewable energy sources, such as solar energy, are key to achieving these goals. The EU's targets include a 55% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030 and an energy renovation of 80% of buildings, with an emphasis on Europe becoming a climate-neutral continent by 2050. Croatia is actively working on harmonization with EU guidelines through various projects and initiatives. Given that ZGRADOnačelnik.hr has been monitoring earthquake reconstruction, energy renovation and the implementation of renewable energy sources in buildings since the very beginning, it launched the project 'Let's Make Croatia Sunny and Renew Energy - Together' to emphasize to citizens and entrepreneurs, with the participation of local governments, state institutions and other stakeholders, the ecological importance and benefits of renewable energy sources and energy renovation. The project includes publishing texts on energy renovation of buildings and the use of renewable energy sources; monitoring public calls for energy renovation and the implementation of renewable energy sources; organizing conferences, roundtables, panel discussions, and workshops; creating an e-manual; and cooperating with partners and the media
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18 November 2024
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The Ministry of Spatial Planning, Construction, and State Property has increased funding for the energy renovation of multi-apartment buildings for the Public Call for 2024. With this increase in allocation, all available funds from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan 2021-2026 will be used exclusively for the energy renovation of multi-apartment buildings that were undamaged in earthquakes in 2020. This has increased the total amount of grants available for allocation from €94.2 million to €101.3 million, an increase of €7.1 million. The call was published on 29 March 2024 and closed on 3 June 2024. During that period, 565 project proposals were received, for which the requested grants amounted to more than €370 million, which is almost four times more than the available funds. The finalization of the evaluation of project proposals is underway, which will also include a possible increase in available financial resources. All applicants will be notified of the outcome of the assessment of their project proposals.
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