The Electricity produced from RES shall be purchased from the
producers, with an increased price of 1.96% as per decision of the State Energy
Regulatory Commission, from beginning of
this month
.
On the web site of the Ministry for energy and Economy
http://www.mee.government.bg/bids.html?id=309089
are some presentations
in Bulgarian language with the
following subject:
Ministry of Economics, Energy and Transport
organized on 30 March 2010 a national informational day for
presenting the programme “Intelligent Energy – Europe II – possibilities 2010”.
The European Commission (EC) will launch this spring its next call for project
proposals under the programme.
Here is a summary of the presentations made on the information
day:
1. Enterprise Europe Network –
a network for supporting business cooperation, innovations and
technological transfer for increasing company competitiveness.
Enterprise Europe Network
is the biggest information and consultancy network in the world. Its
aim is to assist small and middle-sized enterprises in developing their
innovative potential and to increase their information level concerning the
European Commission policies, oriented to business. It incorporates 40 countries
(EU, EEA countries, the USA, China, Middle East, North Africa). The network
offers:
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a wide spectrum of services connected with support, consultancy and
assistance on integrating the business in the European market, technological
transfer and innovations, consultancy and assistance with projects and
programmes of EU.
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Programmes and projects and more specifically: initiatives, policies
and programmes of EU; procedures for applying for financial support;
consultation to small and middle-sized enterprises for preparing proposals for
applying under the structural funds of EU, Seventh framework programme of EU,
National Innovation Fund, etc.
2. Financing of projects by the
Bulgarian Energy Efficiency
Fund. Purpose – to finance activities related to increasing the energy
efficiency of municipalities, industry enterprises and residential buildings.
The
Bulgarian Energy Efficiency Fund (BEEF) was established through the
Energy Efficiency Act adopted by the Bulgarian Parliament in February 2004. The
initial capitalization of BEEF is entirely with grant funds, its major donors
being: the Global Environment Facility through the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (the World Bank)- USD 10 million; the Government
of Austria-Euro 1.5 million; the Government of Bulgaria-Euro 1.5 and several
private Bulgarian companies.
BEEF has the combined capacity of a
lending institution, a
credit guarantee facility and a
consulting
company. It provides technical assistance to Bulgarian enterprises,
municipalities and private individuals in developing energy efficiency
investment projects and then assists their financing, co-financing or plays the
role of guarantor in front of other financing institutions
3. Bulgarian Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Credit Line
(BEERECL)
(1st Jan 2010 – 30th June 2011). The BEERECL
has been established to support industrial energy efficiency and small renewable
projects in the private sector. Since April 2004 till January 2010, the €100
million BEERECL facility has developed 149 sustainable energy projects,
disbursed loans of €81.4 million and provided incentive grants of €13.7 million
to project developers. These projects have annually reduced Bulgaria’s
CO2 emissions by over 570,000 MtCO2 eq. and replaced
891,324 MWh of electrical capacity from the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant with
green energy sources, enough to cover the electricity consumption of about
282,000 homes
The package you can get under the BEERECL provides:
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Individual or multiple loans that sum up to EUR 2.5 million for your
energy efficiency or renewable energy projects. In practice you may repay only
80% to 85% of the principal, because upon successful completion of your projects
you can get back:
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15% of the loan principal for energy efficiency projects
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Up to 20% of the loan principal for renewable energy projects (15%
after 31 March 2010)
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Free consulting services from
BEERECL consultants
along the application procedure and in preparing your business
plan
4. CARE+ Project
aims at:
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Development, testing and offering of energy efficiency schemes for
small and middle-sized enterprises working in the European chemical
industry
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Spreading information about energy efficiency technologies and
systems of managing small and middle-sized enterprises;
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Development of special investment schemes for facilitating the
implementation of energy efficiency measures
A partner in the project is the European Chemical Industry Council
(Cefic)
5. ELENA – European Local Energy Assistance
is a programme for technical assistance of the European Investment
Bank. ELENA is a financial mechanism:
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Created in cooperation between the EU and European Investment Bank
for assisting local and regional authorities aiming at contributing to the aims
20-20-20
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Financed by means of the programme “Intelligent Energy –
Europe”
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Meant to provide technical assistance in the field of energy
efficiency, rational use if local potential from RES and non-polluted public
transport
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Market-oriented
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Providing 90% of free assistance
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ELENA will assist cities and regions in developing their sustainable
energy investments projects and mobilising investments. Through the facility,
operated by EIB, the Commission will provide funding of €15 million to local
authorities for financing their costs associated with development of municipal
investment projects or programmes contributing to the overall EU energy targets.
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ELENA is funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) programme and
will contribute to cover the technical assistance costs related to eligible
investment projects or programmes.
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Sustainable energy projects eligible under ELENA can focus on a
variety of sectors, such as retrofitting of public and private buildings,
sustainable building, energy-efficient district heating and cooling networks, or
environmentally-friendly transport.