President Milanović Receives Representative of Dutch Green Trust Company

The President of the Republic Zoran Milanović held a meeting with representatives of the Dutch Green Trust Company: director Jeroen Boerkamps, project manager of the “Lički Medvjed” Wind Farm Project Jorick Messink and Croatia manager Goran Trška.

The Company’s representatives made a presentation of the “Lički Medvjed” Wind Farm Project to President Milanović, which Green Trust is preparing in conjunction with its German partner Enercon in the vicinity of Otočac. The “Lički Medvjed” Wind Farm Project is currently the largest project of this kind in Croatia with planned investments of 500 million euros. Green Trust representatives underlined that the planned capacity of the wind farm is 425 MW and the planned annual production is 1 TWh of green energy.

In addition to creating new jobs, the “Lički Medvjed” Wind Farm Project plans to directly assist local sustainable projects and initiatives as stated by Green Trust representatives who explained that they plan to set up a 200 thousand euro annual fund to support local sustainable projects aimed at improving the economic, social and environmental living conditions. Furthermore, they noted that the construction of the wind farm will improve the infrastructure in the area of Otočac and surrounding communities given that the project’s realization will require the construction of 25 kilometres of roads and invest in the construction of a new high voltage network.

Alongside President Milanović at the presentation of the project was the Special Adviser to the President for Energy and Climate Julije Domac.

PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia / Marko Beljan