The Croatian energy giant INA has announced it will be investing €40 million to convert a former petroleum refinery in Sisak, 60km south-east of Zagreb, into a plant creating biogas and biomethane from industrial waste.
The move is the latest in a line of recent initiatives in the field of green energy in Croatia. In October, the Slavonian town of Vinkovci presented its plans to power public transport and heat homes with clean energy. INA is already installing solar power plants in Sisak and Virje.
The latest announcement is the most ambitious yet, and construction of the bio-energy facility is expected to take two or three years.