The National State of the Art for Solar Urban Planning in Bulgaria
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Solar urban planning The state of the art in Bulgaria Entity: Djadadji EOOD Developers Arjan Visser, Genady Kondarev Date: 08.02.2010 1 INDICE Solar urban planning ..............................................................................................................................................................1 1 Political, Legal and Economic Framework .......................................................................................................................3 1.1 Describe the National policy in force regarding energy and renewable energy technologies ............................3 1.2 National thermal building energy certification or building regulations ..................................................................6 1.3 Existing national renewable/solar thermal/solar photovoltaic ordinances............................................................7 1.4 Describe the available subsidies at national level to solar technologies adoption ..............................................7 1.5 Financing mechanisms to solar technologies adoption.........................................................................................8 1.6 National barriers hindering solar technologies adoption .......................................................................................9 2 Technical Framework ......................................................................................................................................................11 2.1 Existing standards for solar systems and components .......................................................................................11 2.2 Certification and other quality systems for solar systems products....................................................................11 2.3 Existing certification schemes for solar systems installers and planners...........................................................11 2.4 Are there R&D Centres working in solar technologies in your country? Please specify which and their working field. How is their interaction with the national solar market? Can they impulse the national solar market? 12 3 Solar Market and Potential..............................................................................................................................................13 3.1 Installed solar (thermal/photovoltaic) capacity at national level..........................................................................13 3.2 Effective contribution of solar energy (thermal/photovoltaic) for the national energy mix.................................13 3.3 Technical/economical potential at national level (thermal/photovoltaic). ...........................................................14 3.4 Percentage of energy demand to be covered if such capacity would be reached (thermal/photovoltaic)...........................................................................................................................................................14 3.5 Are there renewable technologies which are widely diffused in your country and that can therefore contribute in a renewable obligation?..................................................................................................................................15 4 Stakeholders....................................................................................................................................................................15 4.1 Which are the stakeholders and networks involved in promoting solar urban planning and what is their attitude towards renewables obligation (e.g. are building companies used to renewables)? ..........................................15 2 1. Political, Legal and Economic Framework 1.1. Describe the National policy in force regarding energy and renewable energy technologies According to the requirements of the Accession Treaty to EU Bulgaria has got the goal to produce 11% of its final energy consumption by renewable energy in 2010 and 16% of in 2020. The natural resources i.e. the potential for the development of energy from solar, wind, biomass, biogas and geothermal is large. Still (as many other EU member states) Bulgaria has not shown to be able to meet the 2010 target for renewable energy producing less than 8% of its electricity by RES, mainly from hydropower. Because of the steep decline of industrial production after the changes of 1989, Bulgaria is able to declare a very large reduction in the carbon emissions nowadays vis-à-vis the baseline. Moreover, as a country in difficult economic situation the targets of Bulgaria are related to the emissions of 1988 and not 1990 as the rest of the countries. The main legislative acts regarding RES and particularly solar in Bulgaria include: In force since | Regulation Description amendments This law aims to regulate relations that promote the 19.06.2007 production and consumption of electricity, heat and / or 14.11.2008 cooling from renewable energy sources and alternative (amendment sources of energy production and consumption of through the biofuels and other renewable fuels for transport. Energy Renewable and Alternative Applicable to solar this act imposes: Efficiency Act) Energy Sources and Biofuels Act 1.priority accession of each producer of electricity from (RES and AEI act) = !"#$% &" RES and AEI to the grid; '(&$)%$'*+,-.+ - 2.compulsory purchase of the electricity from RES "/.+0%".-'%-.+ +%+01-2%- 3.preferential Feed-In-Tariffs (FITs) on the purchase of -&.$3%-4- - )-$1$0-'"." 1 power output; 4.accession period not longer than requested by the developer deadline for commissioning the energy facility. Amendments through the EE Act 14.11.2008 1 http://www.mi.government.bg/eng/norm/rdocs/mdoc.html?id=212967 3 ! Increasing the duration of the long-term contracts to 25 years - for electricity produced by solar energy (previously 12 years) ! Extension of the accession period of new plants until 31.12.2015 (previously 31.12.2010) 6 June 2007 This act aims to regulate the public relations with regard to the implementation of the government policy for energy efficiency raising and providing energy efficient services. Applicable to solar, this Act imposes: Energy Efficiency Act (EE Act) = Investment projects for new buildings with built-up area !"#$% &" +%+01-2%"." of over 1 000 m7 must comply with opportunities to use: +5+#.-'%$6. 2 1.decentralized systems of production and energy consumption from renewable energy sources; 2.installations or central heating installation and cooling; However, no specific role is created for building integrated PV or solar thermal. This law and the applicable regulations promote the 24.10.1997 development of larger investment projects, where large last amendment scale renewable energy projects have been especially Investment Promotion Act = targeted. The project list includes large scale PV plants 2.06.2009 !"#$% &" %"6(03"'"%+ %" and wind farms. An investment needs to be at least 16 -%'+6.-4--.+3 million Euro. With a granted ‘investment class A certificate, the project can receive several benefits: Regulations for the Application of 1. shorter deadlines on approvals and permits by the Investment Promotion Act – the state administration (1/3 shorter than the 80"'-/%-# &" 90-/$:+%-+ %" required by the law) 6",$%" &" %"6(03"'"%+ %" 2. sale or restricted disposal on property (onerous -%'+6.-4--.+ 4 constitution of terminable real right) – state or municipal owned, without a tender and on price that reflects the market levels or is under the 2 http://www.mi.government.bg/eng/norm/rdocs/mdoc.html?id=190688 3http://www.investbg.government.bg/upfs/8/Investment%20Promotion%20Act(amended%20and%20supplemented,%20SG%2 0No.%2041,%2002.06.2009).doc 4 http://www.investbg.government.bg/upfs/8/Pravilnik_ZNI_ENG_17.03.2009.doc 4 market levels; 3. sale or restricted disposal of land (onerous constitution of terminable real right) – state or municipal owned, without a tender on prices equal or under the market levels with developed incoming publicly owned infrastructure; 4. financial aid on the development of infrastructure (from the closest existing element of this kind of infrastructure to the borders of the estate) – defined as a possibility and not as an obligation in the law 5. financial aid for education and professional training of employees. Before December 5 2010, Bulgaria is engaged to transpose Directive 2009/28/EO. This Directive is defining stricter targets for the production and consumption of RES in Bulgaria as well as better definition of responsibilities for control and monitoring of the target achievement.5 Some of the features of the new legislation are expected to be: 1. Coordination of responsibilities of national, regional and local administrative bodies issuing permits and conducting licensing and certification procedures. 2. Identification of all technical specifications that must be met by the facilities and energy systems in order that the projects may benefit from the support schemes. 3. Simplified and streamlined procedures for obtaining permits for small projects and decentralized facilities for manufacturing energy from RES 4. Stimulating local and regional authorities to use heat and cooling from RES. 5. Introducing a requirement in legislation for minimum levels of RES in new or renovated buildings – as of 31st December 2014. 6. New public buildings and basic repaired such will act of model in terms of energy use of RES 7. Promote use of efficient technologies for heat and cooling from RES According to building regulations, the State recognizes