Solar Roofs for Green Virovitica

About this project

<p>The project aims at increasing the production of electricity from solar energy and strengthening the cooperation between Croatian and Norwegian entities from the public and private sector and academic community.&nbsp; The project will result in annual electricity production of 797.09 MWh and annual reduction of 126.42 tonnes of CO2 emissions. The project foresees the activities of 1) project management, 2) information and communication, 3) procurement and installation of integrated solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, 4) strengthening the capacity for management and promotion of energy from renewable sources and 5) enhancing cooperation among organizations in the beneficiary country (HR) and donor countries (NO).</p> <p><br> Implementation of these activities will directly contribute to all programme results:<br> 1) increasing the installed capacities for using renewable energy sources by implementing 7 pilot projects of installation of integrated PV systems on public buildings in the area of City of Virovitica, resulting in 0.7 MW of total power output.<br> 2) strengthened capacities of representatives of public and private sector, civil society, citizens, pupils and students for management and promotion of energy from RES through the organization of 3 workshops, 3 conferences, application of augmented reality solution on 4 locations as well as other numerous contents used for communication with end users and target groups.<br> 3) establishing and enhancing of bi-lateral relationships between organizations from Croatia and Norway in the area of management and promotion of energy from RES through the organization of 2 study trips aimed at establishing direct contacts between representatives of organizations from public and private sector and technical faculties that will exchange experience and present good practices to find opportunities for co-operation by working on common projects during and beyond the project lifetime.</p>

Bilateral cooperation results

REA North and Croatian partners organized bilateral activities with a partner from Norway (University of Stavanger). These activities improved the exchange of knowledge on solar energy production, made the project results sustainable and contributed to the development of new activities that stimulate green energy production and reduce CO2 emissions in Croatia and Norway. Activities to establish bilateral cooperation include: 1) A four-day study trip to Stavanger. Participants were representatives of REA North, the City of Virovitica, Virovitica General Hospital and Virkom Llc. The purpose of this trip was to learn how solar energy (and other RES) is managed in Stavanger. 2) A four-day study trip to Croatia. In order to encourage cooperation between Croatia and Norway and to demonstrate the advantages of the pilots developed in this project, a study trip was organized for 2 Norwegian participants to Croatia. 3) Signing of the networking agreement: Based on the feedback received after the study trips and communication between the stakeholders, REA North has drawn up an agreement with the partners in which the project will take place. The main focus of the agreement is on improving bilateral relations between Norway and Croatia in managing and encouraging the transition to renewable sources and reducing CO2 emissions. The main challenge for both sides was the organization of high-quality and useful locations for the study tours and the engagement of experts who would give presentations. Given the excellent connections between the Croatian and Norwegian partners with local, regional and national companies and experts, the study tour was carried out with the highest possible quality and content on both sides. Given that the study tour to Croatia was organized at the same time as the final conference, such an organization required significant human resources for implementation.

Project partners

• Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering Donor project partner· Norway
• General Hospital of Virovitica Project partner· Croatia
• Regional Energy Agency North Project partner· Croatia
• Virkom d.o.o. Project partner· Croatia