{"id":16275,"date":"2025-12-04T12:16:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eihp.hr\/?p=16275"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:03:31","slug":"veleposlanstva-madarske-u-zagrebu-i-eihp-organiziraju-zagreb-geothermal-business-forum-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eihp.hr\/en\/veleposlanstva-madarske-u-zagrebu-i-eihp-organiziraju-zagreb-geothermal-business-forum-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hungarian Embassy in Zagreb and EIHP are organizing the \u201cZagreb Geothermal Business Forum 2025\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hungarian Embassy in Zagreb and the Energy Institute Hrvoje Po\u017ear are organizing the \u201cZagreb Geothermal Business Forum 2025\u201d, which will take place on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at the Liszt Institute \u2013 Hungarian Cultural Center Zagreb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Forum aims to connect Croatian public and private stakeholders involved in geothermal development with relevant Hungarian technology, engineering, financial and project development companies, thereby fostering concrete bilateral business cooperation. The event is framed by Croatia\u2019s Geothermal Potential Development Plan until 2030, which seeks to expand the use of geothermal energy in order to strengthen energy independence, reduce energy prices, and support sustainable economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Croatian segment of the Pannonian Basin possesses exceptional geothermal potential at the European level. Consequently, the government has allocated EUR 55 million from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) to the Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency (CHA) for the exploration of the most promising areas. Based on initial assessments, several public tenders have already been launched for the exploration of geothermal waters for energy purposes, primarily to increase the share of geothermal energy in district heating. Six priority locations: Zapre\u0161i\u0107, Velika Gorica, Sisak, Osijek, Vinkovci, and Vukovar, meet the geological and technical criteria and are directly connected to existing district heating systems. In addition, several cities, including Bjelovar, Topusko, Karlovac, Virovitica, Vukovar, and Kri\u017eevci, are developing advanced geothermal projects for district heating and public building heating purposes. Most of these initiatives were launched through the Energy and Climate Change Programme, funded by the EEA Grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the current development directions, geothermal investments aimed at electricity generation are gaining increasing importance. Four companies are currently preparing such projects across six designated exploration areas, and electricity production is planned in six of the twelve identified geothermal fields. Private sector involvement is a key component of Croatia\u2019s energy policy, with the government allocating EUR 75 million from the European Regional Development Fund and the NRRP to support geothermal projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cZagreb Geothermal Business Forum 2025\u201d will provide Hungarian companies with an overview of Croatia\u2019s ongoing geothermal exploration programmes, the designation of concession areas, the drilling schedule for district heating projects, and the current status of geothermal electricity generation initiatives. The event will also enable direct networking with key Croatian actors involved in these developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An integral part of the forum will be the B2B matchmaking session, facilitating direct discussions between Croatian project holders and Hungarian technology suppliers to promote practical cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference\u2019s core message is that Hungarian professional and technological expertise can play a pivotal role in the unfolding of Croatia\u2019s geothermal sector, contributing substantially to the bilateral, sustainable, and economically viable utilization of the Pannonian Basin\u2019s geothermal resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10:00 \u2013 10:05 Welcome remarks \u2013 Dr. Csaba Demcs\u00e1k<\/strong>, Ambassador of Hungary
10:05 \u2013 10:10 Welcome remarks \u2013 Dra\u017een Jak\u0161i\u0107<\/strong>, CEO, EIHP
10:10 - 10:30 Update on Croatia\u2019s geothermal development -Tomislav \u0110uri\u0107<\/strong>, EIHP
10:30 \u2013 11:00 EU funding opportunities for geothermal projects \u2013 Annam\u00e1ria N\u00e1dor<\/strong>, EUSDR PA2
11:00 \u2013 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 \u2013 13:00 Panel: Technical and financial aspects of geothermal project development \u2013 Hungarian and Croatian Experiences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Boris Vido\u0161<\/strong>, Project manager of GPP Zagocha, ENNA Group<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • G\u00e1bor Molnar<\/strong>, Managing Director, ARCTIC GREEN ENGINEERING<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • G\u00e1bor Magyar<\/strong>,Technical and Strategic Director, ROTAQUA<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Viktor Medved<\/strong>, Head of Renewable Energy Sources Unit, Credit Division, Structured Finance Department, HBOR<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Lovre Karamarko<\/strong>, Head of Service, Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Horv\u00e1th Gergely Domonkos<\/strong>, CEO, MVM Z\u00f6ld Gener\u00e1ci\u00f3 Zrt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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    13:00 \u2013 14:00 Networking session <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Veleposlanstva Ma\u0111arske u Zagrebu i Energetski institut Hrvoje Po\u017ear organiziraju \u201eZagreb Geothermal Business Forum 2025\u201d, koji \u0107e se odr\u017eati u srijedu, 10. prosinca 2025., u Institutu Liszt \u2013 Ma\u0111arski kulturni centar Zagreb. Forum ima za cilj povezati hrvatske javne i privatne dionike uklju\u010dene u geotermalni razvoj s relevantnim ma\u0111arskim tehnolo\u0161kim, in\u017eenjerskim, financijskim i projektnim tvrtkama, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dogadanja"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eihp.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eihp.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eihp.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eihp.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eihp.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16275"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/eihp.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16295,"href":"https:\/\/eihp.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16275\/revisions\/16295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eihp.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eihp.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eihp.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eihp.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}