Regional Energy Agency North

Regional Energy Agency North (REA North) is a public non-profit organisation that provides support to regional public and private stakeholders. Established in 2009, the agency has positioned itself as a one-stop place where end users can get impartial and objective information to fulfil their projects, from conceptual idea to the final investment.  

REA North is one of the largest public buyers of green electricity and natural gas in Croatia, acting on behalf of more than 200 public institutions across the country. Through the joint public procurement, REA North strives to minimise risks and ensure more favourable conditions of energy supply services by applying innovative public procurement models. It also applies principles of aggregation and scalability to the joint public procurement of PV systems for public entities throughout Croatia. 

Activities 

REA North’s activities and fields of expertise include: 

• Energy efficiency in buildings and public lighting: 

• Energy management for nearly 200 public buildings, including planning and testing of smart metering and building energy management systems. 

• Exploiting the potential of renewable energy sources. 

• The development of new opportunities using emerging technologies and trends to meet the needs of critical end users.  

• Sustainable Energy and Climate Planning: 

• Development of SECAPs and Joint SECAPs. 

• Local and regional sectoral planning – energy renovation of buildings, public lighting modernisation, RES usage, e-mobility. 

• Aggregation of projects and joint public procurements. 

• Sustainable building: 

• Technical assistance and management of public buildings, multi-apartment buildings and single-family houses energy renovation projects, including cultural heritage buildings. 

• One-stop shop for energy renovation and solar PV installations on single-family houses. 

• Capacity building of public and private sector stakeholders. 

• Energy poverty. 

• Sustainable mobility: 

• EV charging infrastructure. 

• Sustainable urban logistics. 

• Emerging energy systems and smart city solutions: 

• Established the first Living Lab in Croatia, the development of a local innovation eco-system. 

• Financing models: 

• Grants, EPC, Revolving fund, Crowdinvesting. 

• Public procurement: 

• Public procurement of innovation. 

• Green public procurement. 

• Joint public procurement of electricity and natural gas for 200+ public institutions across Croatia. 

• Digitalisation as a key component to help public authorities and citizens in raising the awareness of energy sustainable solutions and integration of renewables in their buildings, as well as improving business processes.