Horvat also announced the adoption of a new law on renewables, adding that a large part of the legislative framework for the development of projects for the generation of power from renewables has already been aligned with the European Union's regulations.
When it comes to its biomass energy strategy, Croatia has set a target of having plants with total power of 85 megawatts by 2010, and biogas plants with the capacity of 2.6 petajoule (PJ).
Today's event in Zagreb brought together several hundred participants who highlighted the importance of biomass energy in the long run.
Huge areas covered by forests, developed agriculture in some of Croatia's regions as well as timber industry offer great opportunities for using biomass in generating power, the conference heard.