Dalekovod
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Dalekovod is a Croatia
n company, active in electrical engineering and civil engineering sectors. Its primary activities comprise design, production and construction of electrical power structures, electrical substation
s, power transmission
mains, telecommunication
s structures, road equipment, railway equipment and street lighting. In 2010, net income of the company was 4.7 million kuna
, exhibiting a decrease from 110.9 million kuna net income reported for 2009. At the end of the 2010, the company employed 1424 persons. Dalekovod was founded in 1949 as a state owned company, and restructured as a joint stock company
in 1993 and subsequently listed at the Zagreb Stock Exchange
. It is one of 24 companies included in the CROBEX
share index. As of August 2011, head of the company is Luka Miličić. Recently the company has declared its plans to expand in the energy development
sector, especially in the field of renewable energy
. In 2012, Dalekovod plans to invest into and build a wind farm
near Benkovac
and Obrovac
.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n company, active in electrical engineering and civil engineering sectors. Its primary activities comprise design, production and construction of electrical power structures, electrical substation
Electrical substation
A substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system. Substations transform voltage from high to low, or the reverse, or perform any of several other important functions...
s, power transmission
Electric power transmission
Electric-power transmission is the bulk transfer of electrical energy, from generating power plants to Electrical substations located near demand centers...
mains, telecommunication
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
s structures, road equipment, railway equipment and street lighting. In 2010, net income of the company was 4.7 million kuna
Croatian kuna
The kuna is the currency of Croatia since 1994 . It is subdivided into 100 lipa. The kuna is issued by the Croatian National Bank and the coins are minted by the Croatian Monetary Institute....
, exhibiting a decrease from 110.9 million kuna net income reported for 2009. At the end of the 2010, the company employed 1424 persons. Dalekovod was founded in 1949 as a state owned company, and restructured as a joint stock company
Joint stock company
A joint-stock company is a type of corporation or partnership involving two or more individuals that own shares of stock in the company...
in 1993 and subsequently listed at the Zagreb Stock Exchange
Zagreb Stock Exchange
The Zagreb Stock Exchange or ZSE is a stock exchange located in Zagreb, Croatia. It is Croatia's only stock exchange. The exchange trades shares of Croatian companies, as well as bonds and commercial bills....
. It is one of 24 companies included in the CROBEX
CROBEX
CROBEX is the official share index of the Zagreb Stock Exchange. As of March 2011, it includes stocks of 25 companies and is calculated continuously using the latest stock prices...
share index. As of August 2011, head of the company is Luka Miličić. Recently the company has declared its plans to expand in the energy development
Energy development
Energy development is the effort to provide sufficient primary energy sources and secondary energy forms for supply, cost, impact on air pollution and water pollution, mitigation of climate change with renewable energy....
sector, especially in the field of renewable energy
Renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...
. In 2012, Dalekovod plans to invest into and build a wind farm
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
near Benkovac
Benkovac
Benkovac is a town and municipality in the interior of Zadar County, Croatia.- Geography :Benkovac is located where the plain of Ravni Kotari and the karstic plateau of Bukovica meet, 20 km from the town of Biograd na Moru and 30 km from Zadar. The Zagreb-Split motorway and Zadar-Knin...
and Obrovac
Obrovac
Obrovac can refer to:* Obrovac, Croatia, a town in Croatia* Obrovac , a village in Vojvodina, Serbia...
.