Bulgaria will introduce tighter rules for building new wind and
solar power farms to tame a boom that has threatened to overload the
Balkan country’s energy grid, the Environment Ministry said
yesterday. Generous government incentives for electricity produced
from renewable energy generators has led to an avalanche-like
increase in projects, totaling over 12,000 megawatts – well above
the European Union country’s grid capacity. The power network’s
operator warned last November that the the green energy rush could
end up in so much new supply it could cause blackouts on the national
grid. The new center-right government, elected in July, had initially
considered a temporary moratorium on renewable projects but instead
opted for stricter regulations to bar speculators, the Environment
Ministry said. (Reuters)
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from E-Kathimerini)