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Setting up conditions for offshore wind energy production in Istria. Norway has set an ambitious target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030. Over the last five years wind energy’s power generation technology in Norway evolved. In 2022 Norway aims to allocate 30GW of offshore wind capacity by 2040. With the supportive government policies fast market grow was enabled. Next steps imply opening and increasing of its share on markets outside the country. With the closure of TE Plomin peninsula Istria remains without a significant energy source. Studies previously carried by the
Summary of the results
Within the active cooperation partners conducted nine bilateral events such as the study visit, lectures of the leading experts and online workshop that endorsed the capacity of main stakeholders. In total 171 participants from Croatia and 14 participants from Norway were involved in bilateral events. Four produced articles have covered key topics whose main goal was to contribute to a better perception and acceptance of the offshore investments by the public and to expand awareness on all secondary positive effects that may occur. Cooperation has brought together companies that have expressed willingness to participate in the further development. The main output of the initiative is study "Guidelines for the inclusive planning of the offshore wind energy production for the Istrian Region" that were developed and provide the Region and potential investors an insight into the next steps to be taken.