Croatia is set to allocate €25 million for solar plants and heat pumps in the public sector and will also issue a €10 million residential solar tender. This is part of a larger €652 million package aimed at renewable energy and decarbonisation. According to the country’s indicative annual publication plan for 2025, published on 8 January, Croatia plans to launch two solar tenders.
The first tender, with a budget of €10 million, will be aimed at installing residential solar arrays in the second quarter of 2025 and will cover up to 50% of the investment costs. Additionally, the Croatian authorities will announce a €25 million call to co-finance solar plants and heat pumps for the public sector in the second quarter. Another call for end users is expected in the first half of the year.
Croatia’s Environment Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU) will distribute €125 million across nine public calls in 2025. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition (MZOZT) will administer 23 public calls this year, amounting to €526.8 million.
Key tenders include an €80 million call for renewable electricity production for water and waste utilities, scheduled for the first quarter of 2025, and another €80 million call aimed at decarbonising and modernising district heating systems, planned for the fourth quarter of 2025. Together, these two bodies will allocate €652 million in subsidies annually.
In a related initiative, the Croatian energy market operator HROTE hosted a renewables tender in June 2024 to secure market premium support for 607 MW of renewable energy, which included 450 MW of solar power. The tender ultimately allocated 413.5 MW of solar energy at an average price of $0.065 per kWh.
