Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Croatia:

Croatian President Visits Site of Future Geothermal Power Plant (dalje.com)

Croatian President Ivo Josipovic visited the site of a future geothermal power plant and a spa at Draskovec in the northern County of Medjimurje on Wednesday.

Its construction will be financially supported by the European Commission with a grant of 14.7 million euros. It is one of the 19 projects for which the Commission has earmarked a billion euros as part of its program aimed at combating climate change.

The power plant is expected to produce 7 MW of electricity initially and 17 MW later on. Production of 40 megawatts of heating energy is also planned and a surplus of heating energy would be used for the future medical and tourist complex "Hortos Croatia" (Garden of Croatia).

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