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For the wind project developers eagerly awaiting news of Croatia's new renewable energy policy late last year, 2007rnproved to be the bearer of bad news, although it was not altogether unexpected. Though developers have 1500 MW lined up for Croatia worth €1 billion, a cap of 360 MW has been applied by the power system operator and is likely to remain in place for the next several years. Croatia has just 17 MW of wind power online, a figure now static for over a year, though that should change in 2008, with 67.8 MW of projects in construction expected to boost cumulative capacity to around 85 MW.rnNews of the 360 MW cap applied by HEP-Operator Prijenosnog Sustava (HEP-OPS) came less than a monthrnafter the government raised its renewables target to 5.8% of electricity supplies by 2010, placed a renewable energy obligation on utilities, and set a purchase price for wind power, deemed good enough by developers, of HRK 0.64-0.65/kWh (€0.08/kWh) for the first 12 years of operation.