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Power plants in Croatia

24 power-plant records · 3,275 MW reported capacity

  • Hydro 71%
  • Gas 17%
  • Oil 8%
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Croatia at a glance

Power-plant records
24
Reported capacity
3,275 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
73.5%
Most records
Hydro, Gas
Grid operator
HOPS
Capital
Zagreb

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Croatia

Liberalised marketCompetitive generation and retail

Hydropower and imports cover much of demand. Power is traded on the CROPEX exchange, coupled with the EU market.

  1. GenerationCompeting generators
  2. TransmissionIndependent grid operator
  3. DistributionRegulated local networks
  4. CustomersYou choose a supplier

Who regulates

  • HERAEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

HOPS, part of the state-owned HEP group, runs transmission; HEP ODS runs distribution.

Markets & power exchanges

Regional grid

  • ENTSO-E · Continental European gridRegional grid

    Part of the synchronous grid of Continental Europe, the largest interconnected grid in the world by customers, coordinated by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.

What does “Liberalised market” mean?

Generators sell into a wholesale market, an independent operator runs the transmission grid, and households can choose their electricity supplier. Networks stay regulated monopolies because building parallel power lines makes no sense.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Croatia generates electricity

Electricity generated15.3 TWh
Renewable share73.5%
Low-carbon share73.5%
Carbon intensity170.7 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro6.7 TWh
Wind2.7 TWh
Solar0.82 TWh
Bioenergy1 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0.8 TWh
Gas3.3 TWh
Other fossil0.01 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Croatia combines Adriatic islands and a long coast with the Dinaric mountains and inland plains. River basins connect the inland landscape to a different energy geography from the coast.

Capital
Zagreb
Languages
Croatian
Major cities
Zagreb, Split, Rijeka

Geographic reference: European Union country profile. Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 24 records for Croatia. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

24 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

24 lack an owner/operator; 24 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
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Browse 24 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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