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XEnergy is a networking platform where our female members together with male colleagues have the opportunity to connect, learn new information and strengthen their network of acquaintances. On Wednesday, February 28, in the wonderful premises of our dear partner KONČAR Group, we witnessed one such example.

Our new corporate member is A1 Hrvatska, a company whose sustainability strategy was developed under the slogan Future First. Their main sustainability goals relate to:

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Our new corporate member is ACCIONA Energia, the world’s leading company in the field of renewableenergy investments! With more than 30 years of experience, this company has produced enough greenenergy worldwide to power 7.6 million homes per year, reducing global CO2 emissions by more than 13million tons. ACCIONA Energia is also a leader in compliance with ESG standards and has been awardedthe highest rating by S&P Global Rating. Since 2015, ACCIONA Energía has been declared the “greenest”electricity producer for nine consecutive years, according to the Energy Intelligence Top 100 GreenUtilities Rating.

We are very pleased to introduce our new corporate member AKUO ENERGY MED, a French company based in Paris that focuses on the development, financing and long-term management of renewable energy projects and electricity trading. Since it was first established in 2007, AKUO has invested nearly € 2,8 billion in renewable electricity generation and storage projects in more than fifteen countries.

On Thursday, April 23, we socialized at another interesting networking event that we organized with our corporate member Privredna banka Zagreb. We heard extremely useful and very concrete information about sustainable financing through the capital market from our guests Vedrana Jelušić Kašić and Goran Kursan.

We are pleased that the company Dalekovod d.d. has become our corporate member and will make an important contribution to the quality of our membership and the potential of cooperation between our members.

It is with great pleasure that we introduce our new corporate member – the powerful Doğus Group, one of the largest private sector conglomerates in Turkey, with a portfolio of 250 companies in 7 industries. In Croatia, Doğus Group is known as the first Turkish investor in our country and has been present in Croatian tourism for 12 years. It has previously built a chain of marinas and hotels, but has since sold these projects and is currently developing the most challenging and valuable project – the reconstruction of the Maraska Hotel in Zadar.

We are pleased to introduce our new corporate member DOK-ING, a company that in more than three decades has managed to completely capture the world market for robotic demining systems with an incredible 80% share. The special value and contribution of DOK-ING to the mission of XEnergy lies in its role in the development of innovative green technologies that can significantly contribute to the energy transition. DOK-ING is developing a new technology for the production of hydrogen from organic waste, and green hydrogen opens up a range of new development opportunities for the Croatian economy.

We are pleased to introduce our new corporate member.E.ON Croatia has been operating on the Croatian market since 2020 as a holding company that is part of the strong pan-European group E. ON, headquartered in Essen, Germany. In Europe, the group operates in 15 different markets, employs more than 72,000 people and serves more than 51 million customers in two main business areas: Energy Networks and Customer Solutions. The E.ON Group is one of Europe’s largest operators of electricity grids and energy infrastructure and a provider of innovative customer solutions. The company’s strength lies in the combination of its business areas, which include both energy networks and customer solutions. In the Croatian market, E.ON is involved in the energy value chain through the supply of electricity and gas, as well as gas distribution and wastewater treatment. It is also the leading company on the market in the design and construction of solar power plants for business customers and households.

Another extraordinary, strong and successful woman has joined the XEnergy Advisory Board! We welcome Marija Šćulac!

Hitachi Energy is a leading global technology company operating in more than 140 countries and employing around 40,000 people. In the region, it operates united in a Balkan cluster consisting of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo, Northern Macedonia and Serbia. The CEO is our XEnergy Menagement Board Member Nina Dusper Sušić.

We are very pleased to announce that the circle of our corporate members has expanded to include IE-ENERGY, an innovative start-up company founded in March 2020, whose goal is to implement new technologies and create new functional and interconnected energy markets. IE-ENERGY is creating the first regional virtual energy community as an aggregated network of medium-sized decentralised power generation units such as wind farms, solar parks and combined heat and power (CHP) plants, as well as flexible electricity consumers and storage systems. The virtual energy community uses the technology of combining generation, storage and consumption units. The aggregated units form a unit and participate in the energy markets as a balancing group managed by IE-ENERGY.

INA, as a leading oil and gas company and one of the forerunners of the Croatian economy, is ready to contribute to the green energy transition. By joining the XEnergy Network for the Promotion of Women in the Energy Transition, INA confirms its commitment to the decarbonization of the European economy.

KOER | The First Croatian Virtual Power Plant is our new corporate member and a successful example of a technology company specialising in innovative energy solutions. KOER has developed the infrastructure of the first Croatian virtual power plant and has thus also become an aggregator – a new participant in the electricity market that is the link between the electricity market and end consumers. KOER operates a virtual power plant as an aggregator, and end consumers provide part of their electricity generation and consumption capacities. Aggregators as new entities in the electricity market play a very important role under the conditions of rapid decentralisation of the electricity system, the growing share of renewable energy sources in the production mix and the expected increase in consumption and electrification of transport.

XEnergy’s corporate membership has expanded to include a new member – Marsh Croatia, which offers specific expertise in insurance, reinsurance and risk management, especially in the energy sector.Marsh McLennan is the world’s largest risk management company (NYSE: MMC) with 150 years of corporate tradition. Marsh McLennan employs more than 85,000 people and operates in more than 550 offices in 130 countries around the world. Total revenue in 2022 was more than $20 billion. In Croatia, Marsh operates as a broker for insurance and reinsurance, and from 2023 Marsh McLennan is integrating all 4 global brands into its business as part of a new strategy: Marsh, Mercer, Oliver Wyman and Guy Carpenter. Global expertise at the local level together with local market knowledge are their important advantages.

We’re proud to present the Honorary Member of XEnergy Mr. Vjekoslav Majetić, the winner of the prestigious competition EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2023. Mr. Majetić is the founder and owner of the company DOK-ING, which designs and manufactures robotic systems that protect human lives in the most dangerous operations, especially demining, firefighting and mining. Its demining machines are leaders with a global market share of 80% and are present in over 40 countries. In addition to these globally recognised products, Mr Majetić is also developing a new technology to produce hydrogen from sewage sludge, which will make an important contribution to the energy transition. It’s a great honour for us that Mr. Vjekoslav Majetić is our first honorary member, who enhances every idea and project with his tireless energy, creativity and vision.

With the new corporate member Nano Energies Croatia, XEnergy has already gathered 3 of the total of 4 registered aggregators on the Croatian market. The company Nano Energies Croatia is part of the Nano Energies Group from the Czech Republic, which started 15 years ago as an electricity trader and later as a supplier, and in recent years has dedicated itself entirely to the aggregation of flexibility.

Another international company that develops projects in the field of renewable energies has become our corporate member. VSB, headquartered in Dresden, is one of the leading full-service providers in the field of renewable energies. Its core business is the national and international project development of wind and photovoltaic parks, their operational management and the operation of its own parks.

The company ALTPRO is our new corporate member! We are very pleased that our membership has been extended by a specialized high-tech company engaged in the development and production of signaling and safety systems for railway infrastructure and railway vehicles. The company’s production program consists of train detection systems, systems for securing railway-road crossings and safety systems for vehicles based on INDUSI technology (I60 and PZB90). More than 30 years of experience in research, development and production in the railway sector make ALTPRO one of the most important factors in the global market with solutions in more than 50 countries on 6 continents. As a flexible, customer-oriented company, ALTPRO successfully carries out smaller, specific projects as well as larger renovation and new construction projects for railroad lines.

We are delighted to have gained our important partner Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar (EIHP) as our new corporate member as well!