Acronym: CREATEGREEN

Project code: HR-RS00158

Lead Beneficiary: Scientific veterinary institute “Novi Sad” (NIV)

Partners:

• City of Sombor (SOMBOR)
• University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences (UNSPMF)
• City of Osijek (OSIJEK)
• Business Incubator LTD. (BIOS)

Duration: June 2024 – June 2026

Total budget:  2,203,296.00 €

EU funding: 1,872,801.60 €

Contact: markopajic@niv.ns.ac.rs (Marko Pajić, project manager)

PROJECT SUMMARY

The common territorial challenges in the Croatian-Serbian cross-border region are among others, insufficient promotion of available renewable energy, its usage, especially solar power for which current technology solutions are becoming more affordable then past decades. Public awareness about factors that defines renewable energy as solution are, still very low.

The overall objective of the project is to promote production and use of sustainable and clear energy solutions by using solar energy plants in cross-border region. Furthermore, micro-meteorological sensors, together with built-in solar plant information will provide to the population in the cross-border region with in-depth knowledge about actual effective use of solar power and strengthening available global information about possibility and efficiency of solar power production by increasing it with actual micro-climate calculations for given locations.

The main project outputs are: 1) Development of green energy production system in Novi Sad, Sombor and Osijek. Installation of solar energy plants in Novi Sad (0.15 MW), Sombor (0.25 MW+0.04 MW, i.e. total 0.29 MW) and Osijek (0.35 MW and 0.05 MW, i.e. total 0.40 MW), in order to increase usage of green energy and to promote renewable energy sources; and 2) Creation of Micro-scale Solar Power efficiency monitoring system as tool for calculation of solar power production efficiency in cross-border region as a joint solution, which will contribute to the more effective use of solar energy power by economy, institutions and citizens in region.

Direct benefit will have the citizens in Novi Sad, Sombor and Osijek. Furthermore, benefit will have stakeholders, local and regional authority (as decision makers), sectoral, education and research institutions, NGOs work on renewable energy, climate change policies, climate and environment adaptation strategies, resilience actions and public health. Business companies and SME who works on production and development of solar power plants will also have the benefit of increased findings on future work on renewable energy systems.

Considering that the cross-border region has the same or very similar geographic and climatological characteristics which determine actual solar power efficiency, a common approach of partners from Serbia and Croatia will bring stronger knowledge transfer and promotion of reliable information on micro-scale solar power efficiency.

Project brings new and innovative approach by: 1) implementing renewable energy system together with micro-meteorological sensors that will provide necessary data for the calculations of solar power production efficiency in cross border region; and 2) developing and implementing the innovative Micro-scale Solar Power efficiency monitoring system (multi-level platform) as a joint solution for population in cross-border region, providing valuable information about best cost-effective solar power efficiency solution.

PROJECT OVERALL OBJECTIVE

Promoting production and use of sustainable and clear energy solutions by using solar energy plants in cross-border region. Furthermore, micro-meteorological sensors, together with built-in solar plant information will provide to the population in the cross-border region with in-depth knowledge about actual effective use of solar power and strengthening available global information about possibility of solar power production with actual micro-climate calculations for given locations.

PROJECT RESULTS

Enhancing solar power utilization by developing and implementing the new monitoring system as a joint solution for population in cross-border region, providing valuable information about best cost-effective solar power efficiency solution. Joint solution will be taken up by project partner City of Osijek (PP4). Furthermore, this solution will be integrated in „Akcijski plan energetske učinkovitosti Grada Osijeka za period 2025-2027“.

Further, this will be good example how joint solution could be implemented and used by local government, and in future, City of Sombor and City of Novi Sad could act in similar way.

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The project is co-financed by ERDF and IPA III funds of the European union