On Tuesday, Croatian PM Andrej Plenkovic announced the country’s plan to exit coal in 2033 at the latest.
“Our coal phase-out year is 2033, but we will push to do it even earlier,” Plenkovic said.
He further elaborated that Croatia would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 45% from the 1990 levels by 2030.
Also by 2030, the country will have renewables making up 39% share of its final energy consumption, higher than the EU’s 32%.
“We aim to have more than 65% of renewables and 100% low-carbon in final production,” Plenkovic added.
To realize the targets, Croatia’s only coal-fired thermal power plant, the 217 MW Plomin 2 or Plomin B will see an earlier closure than its original lifetime until 2040.
People are speculating that the plant would be switched to biomass or have a new unit built to be connected to the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the nearby island of Krk.
