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Croatia to spend €180mn on new gas
pipeline and LNG terminal expansion
CROATIA THE Croatian government has approved plans The government has also adopted the
to expand the capacity go the country’s liquefied national energy efficiency action plan for the
natural gas (LNG) terminal and to build a new period from 2022 to 2024.
gas pipeline at a meeting on August 18, a govern- Filipović said the plan is “extremely impor-
ment statement said. tant” in the context of the current energy crisis
The two steps are being taken as part of Croa- and European efforts to reduce dependence on
tia’s efforts to diversify its gas supplies and reduce Russian gas, the government statement said.
dependence on Russia. “This national plan is adopted on the basis
The gas pipeline will run between the towns of the Law on Energy Efficiency, and contains
of Zlobin and Bosiljevo in north-west Croatia, a presentation and evaluation of the state and
with an estimated cost of €155mn. needs of energy consumption in the Republic of
Zagreb also plans to expand the capacity of Croatia, as well as an overview of long-term goals
the LNG terminal on the island of Krk to an in the field of energy efficiency and other meas-
annual 6.1bn cubic metres from the current 2.6 ures for the implementation of energy efficiency
bcm. policy,” Filipovic told the session.
European money will be used as much as pos- “The backbone of this plan is the provision of
sible to finance investments, with the support of financial incentives for the energy renovation of
funds from the state budget, said Energy Minis- buildings, especially residential ones, both from
ter Davor Filipovic. European sources and from the Fund for Envi-
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said the ronmental Protection and Energy Efficiency,”
steps are a “strategic and important decision” for said Filipovic.
energy security and the supply of gas to Croatia.
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