Croatia is wrapping up a regulatory framework for the development of battery energy storage systems, paving the way for their deployment in 2027.
HERA is expected to adopt the general conditions for the use of the network and electricity supply, and the methodology for determining the connection fee to the electricity grid for new users and for increasing the connection capacity for existing grid users, according to the participants at the roundtable on batteries organized by HGK.
According to Aljoša Pleić, Deputy President of the Association for Renewable Energy Sources of HGK, in the year since a workshop with similar participants was held, and a position paper was published, significant progress has been made toward adopting a legislative framework related to spatial planning.
Of note, the Renewable Energy Sources of Croatia association (RES Croatia or, in Croatian, OIEH) recently presented a study on identifying grid congestion locations and the need for battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Croatia.