Nikola Nikolovski@niknik-studio

Green DIZ

“Green Darda Industrial Zone- GreenDIZ“ (key information) About the GreenDIZ developer: First green industrial zone (ever) concept, which spreads over 30 Ha area- is developed and owned by Solaris Pons Group (SPG). SPG consists of several companies where the main company is Solaris Pons LLC, established in 2013 and mostly active in solar energy market through a wide range of services which are offered to the clients in public and private sector. In addition to standard development of solar power projects- company is pushing the boundaries in terms of piloting innovative approaches in project implementation, such as in a project implemented in 2019 through on- site power purchase agreement (PPA) scheme, first of that kind in Croatia. In the early years, company was very active in national feed-in tariff auctions and after developing around 40% of Croatian solar power capacity- decided to enter the electrical energy supply market, a logical move given the huge client base all over the country. About the GreenDIZ: Green Darda Industrial Zone is a concept of energy self-sustainable industrial zone where SPG runs the energy distribution and supply business, concentrating exclusively on solar power (integrated, non-integrated and floating type) and hydrogen (produced from solar power surplus and waste and rainwater collected in artificial lake) which will be used as a mechanism for seasonal energy storage and for the purpose of providing ancillary services (balancing energy) to the transmission system operator. Export of large quantities of hydrogen is also in the books. Instead of billing the energy and space (rent)- SPG shall be a part of the companies which will operate in the area in the businesses of battery manufacturing (Giga Croatia), 3D printing, crypto mining etc. GreenDIZ will partner with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Information Technology in Osijek in order to organize field visits of students, professors and research staff as well as student internships. Goal of the GreenDIZ is to revitalize the economy by opening the opportunity for few hundred of new job positions and to launch the “5.0 Industry Revolution” powered by locally produced green energy. Distances from major cities:  12 km from Osijek (fourth-largest city in Croatia, administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja County)  280 km from Zagreb (Capital of Croatia)  250 km from Budapest (Hungary)  250 km from Belgrade (Serbia)  290 km from Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)  420 km from Ljubljana (Slovenia)  460 km from Vienna (Austria) Logistics  Map location: Link  River transportation: 12 km from Drava river port in Osijek (200 000 tones annual transshipment capacity), 50 km from Danube river port in Vukovar (500 000 tones annual transshipment capacity)  Road transportation: Two pan-European transport (road) corridors pass through the region. Corridor X goes in the Salzburg-Ljubljana-Zagreb-Belgrade-Skopje-Salonika direction. Corridor Vc connects Budapest, Osijek, Sarajevo and Ploče (sea cargo port).  Air transportation: 12 km from Osijek Airport (Osijek Airport is the only airport in Croatia for which cargo is the primary strategic determinant).