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Energy Independence of Croatian IslandsEnergy independent
Croatian islanda dream or a reality?
11 November 2013 By Robert Paiko, Mak ukan and Mislav ira!
"#N$P%roatia&
%an %roatian islands 'ollo( t)e *uro+ean ood +ra!ti!e e-am+les
and be!ome
enery inde+endent. ()at are t)e obsta!les to a!)ieve t)is oal.
and ()at is t)e
role o' t)e lo!al +o+ulation (it)in t)is / t)ese (ere t)e to+i!s
t)at 0
+arti!i+ants dis!ussed at t)e international !on'eren!e )eld on
t)e island o' rk
'rom !tober 1 1, !alled 1004 Rene(able *nery on
5slands65m+ortan!e o'
%iti7en 5nvolvement 8)rou) *nery %oo+eratives9
:s demonstrated by t)e Eigg5sland in ;!otland, El Hierro5sland
in ;+ain,
Sams5sland in $enmark, and Sifnos5sland in
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Reardless o' t)e ty+e o' +ro@e!t, t)ere is al(ays a ?uestion o'
()o (ill 'inan!e
t)ese initiatives9 :lt)ou) *# 'unds o''er reat +ossibilities,
t)eir usae im+lies a
reat amount o' administrative (ork t)at needs to be done toet)er
(it) a
!ertain orani7ation !a+a!ity, )en!e t)eir usae is re!ommended
only ()en t)e
!oo+erative a!)ieves t)e initial sel'/'unded +ro@e!t9 :!!ordin
to Erik
C$ristensen, 'rom t)e $anis) !oo+erative Middlerunden, +eo+le
in!oo+eratives are volunteers and it is 'oolis) to t)ink t)ey (ill
deal (it)
bureau!ra!y9
: reat e-am+le o' enery !oo+erative 'inan!in !omes 'rom $enmark9
8)e
$anis) (ind +o(er +lant, Middlerunded, sold its s)ares to t)e
+eo+le and
manaed to !olle!t D0 +er!ent o' t)e total investment, no( (ort)
C0 million
*uros9
: similar 'inan!in model ()ere t)e lo!al !ommunity invests in
@oint +ro@e!ts !anbe a++lied in %roatia, durin ()i!) it is
im+ortant to ensure a!!ess to various
'inan!ial instruments, su!) as donations, loans, investment
'unds, !oo+erative
banks, et!99
%on'eren!e +arti!i+ants areed t)at t)e develo+ment o' enery
!oo+eratives in
%roatia is im+ossible (it)out a sim+li'ied administration
+ro!ess and !)anes in
t)e ta- +oli!ies9
Pro+osed measures 'rom +arti!i+ants in!lude ta- e-em+tions 'or
reinvested
!oo+erative +ro'its, ()i!) at t)e same time re+resent
indivisible !oo+erative
+ro+erty9 :mon t)ese +ro+osed measures is also enablin lo!al
!oo+eratives to
be!ome s)are)olders in rene(able enery +ro@e!ts t)at )ave a
value reater
t)an 2 million kunas and +rovide ?uotas 'or rene(able enery
+ro@e!ts o(ned by
enery !oo+eratives9 :lso, t)ere is a modi'i!ation in t)e
leislation to ban t)e
!onstru!tion o' (ind 'arms on islands be!ause it (ill en!ourae
e!onomi! ro(t)
and o+en more @ob o++ortunities on t)e island9
rk 5sland (as !)osen as t)e )ost o' t)e !on'eren!e be!ause it is
advan!ed in
!om+arison to ot)er %roatian islands in reards to enery and
(aste
manaement and is (ell on t)e (ay to be!ome an enery inde+enden!e
island9
Eill ot)ers 'ollo( rkFs e-am+leG Eell, t)at is u+ to t)em to
de!ide9
