DR. SC. FABRIS OREST, DR.SC. HRASTNIK I. BRANIMIR, VIDOVIC RODOLJUB AND VUJCIC RANKO
• The Adriatic islands are unsuitable for any kind of large-scale industrial manufacturing, energy production, oil installations or waste disposal, which could result in adverse liquid and/or gas effluents or solid wastes1,2. • The aim of this paper is twofold: (a) to show the available potential of indigenous energy sources like solar- and wind energy, which could successfully cover (at least) the expected growth of island’s energy consumption in the 21st century and (b) to pay attention to the fact that solar and wind energy sources are also economically competitive to all conventional energy carriers like oil, gas and electricity and also that renewable energy sources are ecologically compatible to the traditional local economy and climatic conditions. The islands in the County of Split and Dalmatia In the County of Split and Dalmatia, there are five large islands Brac, Hvar, Vis, Solta and Ciovo, which are permanently settled. Their characteristics in comparison are shown in Table 1. Table 1 - Islands in the County of Split and Dalmatian in comparison Islands Brac Hvar Vis Solta Ciovo Totals:
Area [km2] 394,6 299,7 90,3 59,0 28,8 872,4
Coastal length [km] No. of settlements 175 22 254 27 77 13 73 6 44 4 623 72
Population 13.824 11.469 4.354 1.448 2.344 33.439
Households 4.684 3.862 1.652 585 1.035 11.818
The survey of the territory of Split and Dalmatian County including coastal region, rear land and islands can be inspected from Figure 2. Figure 2 - The County of Split and Dalmatia including potential area for wind energy applications
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