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Croatia is one of the latest EU member states to introduce auctions for the supportJust like administratively set support, auction-allocated su... of renewable energy sources (RES). Although renewable energy utilisation is high, surpassing the 2020 target for the electricity sector, supportJust like administratively set support, auction-allocated su... schemes were not available consistently over the past decade probably because there were few incentives to invest further in RES expansion in this situation.
Despite the envious position, the official plans and strategies can do more to develop significant renewable electricity capacities in Croatia. The country has strong potential for photovoltaic and wind plants (both on-shore and offshore) which can be supplemented with flexible hydro capacities to ease system integrationAt increasing shares of renewable electricity, policy makers.... To do so, there will need to be improvement from the first auctionAn auction is a market mechanism with the aims of allocating... that concluded with low participation and high prices.
The case study is structured as follows. Chapter 2 provides a brief overview of the composition of the Croa-tian electricity generation and the development of renewable electricity capacities. Chapter 3 describes the main stages for the evolution of the renewable electricity supportJust like administratively set support, auction-allocated su... system and sectoral targets in the national strategies. The main characteristics of the renewable energy auctionAn auction is a market mechanism with the aims of allocating... design are described in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 provides an analysis of the first auctionAn auction is a market mechanism with the aims of allocating... round. The report ends with conclusions in Chapter 6.
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