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Bulgaria mulls freezing renewable energy projects

Thu, Dec 10 2009 12:16 CET byDnevnik.bg 2476 Views 2 Comments
Bulgaria mulls freezing renewable energy projects

Bulgaria may impose a six-month moratorium on renewable energy projects that are in the initial phase of their development, Environment Minister Nona Karadjova said.

"We have had problems with the large number of wind power generators and solar power installations, not only because of the practice for them to be installed in protected areas, but also because of the large number of requests for expropriation of agricultural land," Karadjova said.

The reason for the moratorium were breaches of regulations concerning the Natura 2000 protected areas and the infringement procedures against Bulgaria by the European Commission for the construction of wind farms near Cape Kaliakra without the necessary environmental assessments, she said.

The Agriculture Ministry had also recorded an increase in the number of requests for changing the allocation of land for construction of wind and solar parks.

The moratorium on the projects will last until the green energy development plan by 2020 is drafted. It is expected to be approved by the European Commission by mid-2010. The plan will contain an evaluation of the capacity for construction of renewable energy installations in different regions, the development of the power grids of NEK and the electricity distribution companies, as well as environmental assessments.

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Anonymous Todor Thu, Dec 10 2009 18:24 CET
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I am a bit surprised - they will prohibit renewable projects because the Ministry was breaching the regulations and allowed such installations in protected areas? It smells of central planning - will prohibit everything except the areas we think you should do business in!!! Or simply should comply with the legislation and allow projects if the documents are in order?

Anonymous peter Thu, Dec 10 2009 15:28 CET
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now suddenly regulations are a problem? why not forget about rules and regulations as has been done like forever in Bulgaria?

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