Acciona eyes 222 MW of renewable capacity in Croatia by 2027

Date: July 30^th 2024

Topic: Electricity , Renewables , Energy policy , Ecology

Acciona Energia, a subsidiary of Spanish company Acciona, plans to commission 27 MW and 45 MW wind farms in 2025 and complete the construction of a 150 MW solar plant in 2027, it has said.

The EUR 37m Opor and EUR 63m Boraja II projects are linked to a 12-year market premium incentive scheme with the Croatian energy market operator Hrote, allocated in 2021, the company said on LinkedIn late on Monday.

The Opor facility, featuring six Nordex 4.5 MW wind turbines, will be finished by the end of this year and commissioning is planned in April 2025.

Boraja II, which will have 10 Nordex 4.5 MW wind turbines, should be finished a few months later and enter commercial operation in the third quarter of 2025, Acciona Energija CEO Aljosa Pleic told Montel.

Solar plans

In addition, last week the company won another market premium contract with Hrote for Promina, a 150 MW solar power plant that it plans to commission in 2027, Pleic said.

The market premium incentives scheme covers the difference between the contracted reference value, which for solar farms in this tender was EUR 48.85-59.50/MWh, and the market price of electricity.

Promina is awaiting the final building permit, and should enter the construction phase in the fourth quarter of 2025. Due to the complexity of the project, which includes a 400kV substation, construction should be finished in 18-20 months and the plant should be commissioned in 2027, Pleic said.

Batteries

The company is looking at adding battery storage to all of these projects “at a later stage”, depending on the yet to be confirmed regulatory framework and technological possibilities at the time, Pleic added.

All three projects are in the southern region of Dalmatia, where Acciona Energija currently operates its only energy facility in Croatia, the 30 MW Jelinak wind farm.

Opor and Boraja II will bring the company’s wind capacity in the country to 102 MW, and Promina will increase Acciona’s solar portfolio to 252 MW.