MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND ENERGY RESOURCES

1. MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND ENERGY RESOURCES ENERGY EFFICIENCY AGENCY

2. Energy efficiency and RES – POSSIBILITIES FOR EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS Kolio Kolev – Director “ Energy efficiency and RES” Tel. +359 2 915 40 14 +359 2 915 40 29 Факс + 359 2 981 58 02 Е – mail : KKolev@SEEA.government.bg

3. Energy efficiency and RES – POSSIBILITIES FOR EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS • PRIORITY NATIONAL TARGET • Sustainable economic growth, based on: • Modern functioning energy sector; • Secured energy supply; • Environmental protection ; • Use of energy saving potential; • Use of RES potential. • ENERGY POLICY ASPECTS • Stable energy development ; • Security for energy in Bulgaria ; • Insured energy supply for the consumers with minimum expenses; • Rational and effective use of fuels and energy in the cycle “ generation – end use” ; • Reduction of specific energy consumption for unit of GDP – competitive products and services.

4. Energy efficiency and RES – POSSIBILITIES FOR EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS • ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND USE OF RES: • - Guaranteed sustainable economic development ; • - Important part from the total energy policy; • Resulting in improvement of services; • Involvement of new technologies ; • part of the alternative in the energy sector ; • generate benefits for the end users ; • improve the information of the society ; • change the motivation and manner of thought of the people; • - Possibility for regulation and management of energy consumption.

5. Energy efficiency and RES – POSSIBILITIES FOR EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS Targets of the EE and use of RES: • REDUCTION OF GDP ENERGY INTENSITY via various energy efficiency measures, by introduction of the high technologies for effective use of energy and renewable energy sources; • To contribute for the improvement and protection of environment by promotion and construction of alternative environmental energy sources, which allow for suitable treatment of various types of waste and reduction of the harmful emissions in the atmosphere; • To contribute for the improvement of energy independence in the country and for the establishment of conditions for market relationships in the energy sector.

6. Energy efficiency and RES – OSSIBILITIES FOR EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS MEASUREMENTS OF EE POLICY AND USAGE OF RES: • Reduction of total state expenses and facilitation of national economy; • Improvement of competitiveness of goods manufacturers on the local and external market via reduction of their energy costs; • Establishment of new market conditions fro manufacturers and companies for installation and service of energy efficient equipments, systems and technologies; • Opening of new working places and increased employment; • Facilitation of neutralization to certain degree the increased energy prices for the household and other energy consumers; • Reduction of harmful gas emissions resulted in the catastrophic effect of global warming and also delay in the process of exhausted natural energy resources; • Reduction of the strategic dependence of the country on the energy supplies.

7. Energy efficiency and RES – POSSIBILITIES FOR EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS Legal and regulation base for the EE and RES policy • Energy and energy efficiency law ; • Government’ program; • Accession Partnership Project – accession criteria, Chapter “ Energy”; • Energy strategy ; • Energy and fuels prices ; • The new legislation ; • The New Energy Law ; • The new EE Law ; • The secondary legislation – regulations.

8. Energy efficiency and RES – POSSIBILITIES FOR EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS Abstracts from the legislation, relating the EE and use of RES: • EEEL : - THE PURCHASE of electric energy from RES is under long term contracts ; - The generation of el .energy from RES with power of up to 5 МW and for thermal energy production does not require license; - The purchase of electric energy , generated from RES with power up to 10 MW obligatory is purchased by the electric energy distribution company; - The purchase of electric energy from RES is in a preferential price. • The Law for waters / Art. 47/ gives the right for exclusive right for water usage on water – which is exclusively state property, via concessions, for spa waters and for hydro geothermal energy. The concession for use of water sites and the water economic systems and equipments – public property is delivered also for the construction of new hydro technical, hydro irrigation and sewerages equipments. • The concession law / Art. 4 / allows for the issue of concessions fro biological, mineral and energy resources on the continental shelf and is an excessive economic zone for theirs studies, elaboration, output and usage.

9. Energy efficiency and RES – POSSIBILITIES FOR EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS Available potential of RES

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11. National energy saving programme by year 2010 Energy efficiency and RES – POSSIBILITIES FOR EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS

12. Energy efficiency and RES – POSSIBILITIES FOR EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS Three years energy saving plan it foresees a number of measures and programs in all sectors of the public and economic life in the country with common parameters: • Investments - 762 Mln.leva; • Saved fuels - 202 Кtoe/year; • Saved electric energy - 753 949 МWh/year; • Saved thermal energy - 1 020 580 МWh/year; • Saved el.energy powers - 151 МW/year; • Annual economic effect - 217 Mln.leva; • Saved emissions - 1 318 KT/year.

13. Three years action plan – summarized results Energy efficiency and RES – POSSIBILITIES FOR EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS

14. Three years action plan – summarized results National programme for RES Perspectives for development of RES – to reach a relative share of 8% from the total energy balance by the year 2010. The execution of the National RES programme will lead to the realization of more than 920 small investment projects and the achievement of the following parameters: • Electric power installed 302 МW; • Thermal power installed 1 488 МW; • El. energy saved 1 602 128 МWh/year ; • Thermal energy saved6 973 467 МWh/year; • Saved emissions СО24 373 000 t/year; • Total value1 647 mln.USD

15. Energy efficiency and RESPOSSIBILITIES FOR INVESTMENTS

16. Energy efficiency and RESPOSSIBILITIES FOR INVESTMENTS Investment projects on RES per types of installations:

17. : Energy efficiency and RESPOSSIBILITIES FOR INVESTMENTS Measures to realize projects and programs on EE and RESМерки за реализиране на проекти и програми по ЕЕ и ВЕИ: • Improvement of legislation ; • Opening of energy market and establishment of business climate ; • Expanding of euro integration in energy policy area- harmonization with this one of EU; • Insurance of investments – via investment plans of municipalities, private sector, international programs, etc.; • Integration of Bulgarian energy market with the European, incl. RES market; • Insurance of free trade and investments; • Development of technologies fro RES during the next 5 years ; • Opening of more than 2 000 working places per year; • Information delivery to the society; • Campaigns for use of RES; • Training at schools, universities, municipalities; • Execution of Kyoto commitments .

18. Energy efficiency and RESPOSSIBILITIES FOR INVESTMENTS New energy efficiency law (basic moments) • More clear definition of EE as national priority during the execution of the state policy and the state commitments and support; • Reglamentations of processes for use of standards and labelling, expertise and audits as important administrative-economic instruments for improvement of EE; • Elaboration and adoption by the Council of Ministers of a long term program and annual programs for EE; • Elaboration of regulations for ESCO companies; • Legalization of energy saving stimulation – proposals fro amendments to the State budget law - new regulations, that will facilitate the budget structures at the payment of energy efficiency services on behalf of the savings; • Legalization of the establishment of fund” EE’ – for financing activities on improvement of EE and extension of RES use; • Establishment of mechanism for collection and expending of means fro projects and programs on EE in order to encourage the investment process;

19. ЕНЕРГИЙНАТА ЕФЕКТИВНОСТ И ВЕИ – ВЪЗМОЖНОСТИ ЗА ЕФЕКТИВНИ ИНВЕСТИЦИИ Thank you for your attention !