Consultation On Renewable Energy Action Plan

On 4 September 2012, the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism published a draft National Action Plan for developing renewable energy sources by 2020.

The Plan, which aims to meet Bulgaria's obligations under EU Directive 2009/28, can be viewed and comments on it made on at the Ministry 's website www.mi.government.bg. When the consultation period is over, it will then be adopted by the Government, probably at the beginning of October 2012.

Despite a recent boom in the construction of renewable energy projects (mainly photovoltaic installations), the draft National Action Plan provides for further strengthening of regulatory, financial and other measures, such as:

• priority grid connection and full offtake of the electricity produced from renewable installations