An offshore renewable power invoice that was launched within the Bulgarian Parliament in December 2023 is predicted to quickly be up for a second studying, after passing the primary studying final month. The invoice, which goals to facilitate offshore wind build-out within the Bulgarian sector of the Black Sea, is seeing a backlash from the fishing and tourism industries, NGOs, in addition to one among its coastal cities.
The invoice units a framework for designating offshore wind areas off Bulgaria’s coast as one among two sorts: precedence and non-priority, with precedence areas to be surveyed and auctioned off by the federal government and non-priority areas to be allotted by using the so-called “open door” method.
Moreover, if enacted in its proposed kind, the invoice would see the Bulgarian authorities holding aggressive tenders to award 30-year offshore wind concessions and Contracts for Distinction (CfD). The bid worth can be capped at BGN 160/MWh (roughly EUR 81.84/MWh).
In keeping with the invoice’s sponsors, the framework would allow the nation so as to add extra home renewable power capability, in addition to to fulfil the renewable power commitments Bulgaria has as an EU Member State.
Nonetheless, the invoice has seen sturdy opposition from numerous stakeholders, from the fishing and tourism industries, and environmental non-government organisations, to its coastal metropolis of Varna, whose Municipal Council simply adopted a declaration to help its native fishing and tourism sector and ask for the withdrawal of the invoice that might allow putting in offshore wind farms within the Black Sea.
In keeping with the World Financial institution’s Power Sector Administration Help Program (ESMAP), Bulgaria’s technical offshore wind potential is 26 GW, of which 2 GW in fixed-bottom offshore wind and 24 GW in floating wind.
Whereas there are not any nationwide plans for offshore wind initiatives within the nation but, final 12 months, France-based floating wind expertise developer, Eolink, and 15 European renewable power companions launched an EU-backed venture that goals to put in a 5 MW floating wind turbine offshore Bulgaria and hyperlink it to a gasoline platform within the Black Sea.
Named Black sea fLoating Offshore Wind (BLOW), the venture will use Eolink’s floating offshore wind turbine design and plans to engineer, manufacture and fee the 5 MW unit by 2025.
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