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Croatia energy report

Croatia energy report
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Table of Contents
  • GENERAL OVERVIEW
  • ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICY FRAMEWORK
  • ENERGY COMPANIES
  • ENERGY SUPPLY AND DEMAND
  • ENERGY USE AND PRICE BY SECTOR
  • ISSUES AND PROSPECTS
  • STATISTICS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • GLOSSARY

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Overview

Croatia’s energy and climate policy centres on expanding renewables to 42.5% of final consumption by 2030, phasing out coal by 2033, and cutting emissions by 62% in ETS sectors. Key measures include €652m in 2025 subsidies for renewables, hydrogen development, and energy efficiency upgrades, alongside market liberalisation and grid modernisation. State-owned HEP dominates electricity, while INA leads in oil and gas.

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Highlights

  • Croatia aims at a share of 42.5% of renewables in the final consumption in 2030.
  • HEP, a state-owned company, dominates the electricity market with around 70% of generation and over 90% of retail electricity sales.
  • INA is the sole oil and gas producer.
  • The power mix is highly dependent on hydropower.
  • Oil production is marginal, and gas production is decreasing rapidly.
  • Final energy consumption at normal climate has increased rapidly since 2022 (4%/year), after fluctuating around 7 Mtoe.
  • Electricity prices in industry in 2024 are two times higher than in 2021.
  • Plinacro plans to double the capacity of the Krk LNG terminal to 6.1 bcm/year and convert its gas transmission networks to use hydrogen.
42.5%
of renewables in final consumption in 2030
73%
of renewables in the power mix (2024)
x2.7
industrial gas prices between 2020 and 2022

  • Energy & Climate Policy Framework

    The Ministry of Economy oversees the energy policy, along with environment and climate change matters.

    The Energy Regulation Agency (HERA), created in 2004, regulates the energy sector and controls electricity and gas prices, except for feed-in tariffs, biofuels and CHP (consulting role).

  • Energy Companies

    Electricity:

    HEP-Proizvodnja (100% HEP) operates 3.4 GW in Croatia (69% of the country's capacity), including 2.2 GW of hydropower, 1.5 GW of thermal, 89 MW of wind and solar (2023). In addition, the company holds 50% of the Krško nuclear power plant located in Slovenia (348 MW attributable, shared with Gen I). HEP's power generation (including half of Krško's generation, i.e.

  • Energy Supply & Demand

    Resources:

    Croatia has limited oil and gas resources (10 Mt and 4.7 bcm end of 2024) and no coal reserves. Its renewable potential is estimated at 37 GW for wind (of which, 25 GW offshore), at 6.8 GW for solar (of which, 1.5 GW for rooftop), and at 0.5 GW for geothermal.

  • Energy Use and Price by Sector

    Energy Prices in Transport:

    After a rapid rise between 2020 and 2022 (+15%/year for gasoline and +23%/year for diesel) to a record of €1.6/l for gasoline and €1.76/l for diesel, fuel prices declined in 2023 (-7% and -10%, respectively) and stabilised in 2024 (+2.4% and -2%, respectively), though remaining much higher than their 10-year average.

  • Issues & Prospects

    According to its final updated NECP (2025), with existing measures (WEM), primary energy consumption should increase by 0.5%/year between 2021 and 2030 to 363 PJ (8.7 Mtoe) and slightly decrease (-0.1%/year) until 2040 to 358 PJ (8.6 Mtoe). Final energy consumption should remain stable at 292 PJ (7 Mtoe) until 2030 and decline slightly to 287 PJ in 2040 (6.85 Mtoe).

  • Graph 1: Final Intensity to GDP
  • Graph 2: Primary Consumption Trends by Energy Source
  • Graph 3: Total Consumption Market Share by Energy (2024)
  • Graph 4: Installed Electric Capacity by Source
  • Graph 5: Installed Electric Capacity by Source (2024)
  • Graph 6: Gross Power Production by Source & Consumption
  • Graph 7: Power Generation by Source (2024)
  • Graph 8: CO2 Intensity of Electricity Generation
  • Graph 9: Crude Oil Production & Consumption
  • Graph 10: Petroleum Products Production & Consumption
  • Graph 11: Gas Production & Consumption
  • Graph 12: Coal Production & Consumption
  • Graph 13: GHG Emissions and CO2-energy Emissions
  • Graph 14: CO2-Emissions per Capita
  • Graph 15: CO2 Intensity to GDP
  • Graph 16: Final Demand Trends by Energy Source
  • Graph 17: Final Consumption by Sector
  • Graph 18: Final Consumption Market Share by Sector (2024)
  • Graph 19: Share of Electricity in Total Final Energy Consumption
  • Graph 20: Final Consumption in Industry by Energy Source
  • Graph 21: Energy Prices in Industry (Taxes Included)
  • Graph 22: Final Consumption in Transport by Energy Source
  • Graph 23: Energy Prices in Transport (Taxes Included)
  • Graph 24: Final Consumption in Residential, Services, Agriculture by Energy Source
  • Graph 25: Energy Prices in Residential (Taxes Included)
  • Graph 26: Upcoming New Capacity by Energy Source
  • Economic Indicators: Annual historical data including population, GDP growth, imports and exports, inflation rate, energy security and efficiency indicators, CO2 emissions.
  • Supply Indicators: Historical data including oil and gas reserves, electric and refining capacity, energy production, power production and external trade. All are detailed by energy source.
  • Demand Indicators: Historical data including consumption per inhabitant, consumption trends, total consumption by energy source, final consumption by energy source and sector, and electricity consumption by sector.
  • Energy Balances: Single table displaying the overall energy industry balance per annum, also graphically displayed by energy sub-segment.

The Croatia energy market data since 1990 and up to is included in the Excel file accompanying the Croatia country report.
It showcases the historical evolution, allowing users to easily work with the data.

Key Data included in the excelsheet:

  • Economic indicators: Annual historical economic indicators, energy security, energy efficiency and CO2 emissions.
  • Supply indicators: Annual historical reserves, capacity, production and external trade (imports(+) exports(-) balance).
  • Demand indicators: Annual historical consumption per capita, consumption trends, total consumption, final consumption (per energy and per sector) and electricity consumption total and per sector.
  • Energy Balance: total and per energy.
  • Croatia Energy Prices: In addition to the analysis provided on the report we also provided a data set which includes historical details on the Croatia energy prices for the follow items: price of premium gasoline (taxes incl.), price of diesel (taxes incl.), price of electricity in industry (taxes incl.), price of electricity for households (taxes incl.), price of natural gas in industry (taxes incl.), prices of natural gas for households (taxes incl.), spot price of Brent and CO2 emissions (from fuel combustion).

The Croatia country dashboards are complemented with country forecasts from EnerFuture (excel file) with scenario comparison.

Data included in the excelsheet:

  • Demand: Primary energy consumption, final energy consumption, by fuel, by sector.
  • Power: Electricity generation & capacities, by technology.
  • CO2: Total CO2 emissions.
  • Macro-economy: Main macro-economic assumptions.
  • Key indicators: Energy intensity, share of renewables, CO2 emissions per capita and per unit of GDP.