Those bio-energy plants called BE-TO are to be built in rural areas with huge potential of biomass (including wood, wood waste, energy pallets) where 47 percent of land is covered by forests, said Nikola Cupin, head of the bio-energy cluster.
The project would engage the local timber, metal and electrical industries.
Croatian President Ivo Josipovic's adviser on economic affairs, Boris Cota, said that this project was in accordance with the strategy for Croatia's energy development and the EU energy policy. Upon its admission to the European Union, Croatia will have access to 1.1 billion euros from EU structural funds for public projects. Some of those funds could be used for constructing a network of bio-energy plants, Cota said.
The building od BE-TO plants with electrical power of one megawatt and with four thermal megawatts would also facilitate the development of rural areas.
The above-mentioned cluster includes TPK-EPO production, Institut IGH, Koncar - montazni inzinjering, PHB automatizacija, B.E.S.T.PROJEKT, OIKON, TTK Karlovac, Leko-biro and the Association for the Development of Croatia (Udruga za razvoj Hrvatske).