Bulgaria's Biggest Wind Farm
The wind farm consists of 52 wind turbines with total capacity of 156MW; the windmills have been included in the National Electric Company's network.
Following the tradition of the sailors, Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borissov crashed a bottle of champagne and gave the name St. Nikola to the biggest wind energy park in Bulgaria, which is situated near the seaside resort of Kavarna.
The wind farm consists of 52 wind turbines with total capacity of 156MW; the windmills have been included in the National Electric Company's network.
"St. Nikola will double Bulgaria's wind power production. The country will decrease the carbon emissions by 300,000 tons a day which is equal to 6 million tons for the 20 years of exploitation," said Borissov.
The wind farm's owner AES Geo Energy has invested 270 million euro in the park, 40 million euro of the sum have been transferred directly to the region.
AES Geo Energy Wind Power Park project
This JI project comprises of Wind Power Park construction, consisting of 52 wind generators with single capacity 3 MW each. The total installed capacity of the project is 156 MW electrical capacity and it is situated in Municipality of Kavarna in Bulgaria. The produced electricity from the project will be injected in the national electrical grid, owned by the National Electrical Company (NEK) in Bulgaria. AES Geo Energy Wind Power Park project will realize around 834,947 tonnes of CO2 emissions reductions until 2013.
Global Carbon is developing all documentation for this project including an approach to set the baseline and estimate emissions reductions.
The aim of the project is to be produced electricity from a Renewable Energy Source. Thus the project will contribute to the sustainable environmental-socio-economic development of the region. The use of renewable sources, which in 2006 represent about 2 percent of the national energy production and about 8 percent of electrical energy supply, will allow improving the exploitation of local energy resources and avoiding of import of energy resources from abroad. In addition the project will bring a strong positive ecological impact by producing of clean electricity by wind power. Thus, there will be reduced emissions of CO2, NOx, SOx and solid particles that would be otherwise emitted during electricity generation from fossil fuel thermal power plants.
Emission Reductions
Total abatement of GHG emissions during commitment period (2008-2012) is around 834,947 tonnes of CO2e.
The Project Design Document of AES Geo Energy Wind Power Park project was published at the JI UNFCCC website here.
Bulgaria is aiming to develop a potent wind energy infrastructure as the country is trying to comply with the designated EU strategy target that 20 percent of all energy should come from renewable sources by 2020.
Bulgaria currently has 158 MW and is set to double that capacity when AES Corp. begins commercial operation on its 156 MW wind farm in Bulgarevo, near Kavarna in northeastern Bulgaria, in autumn 2009. Only Poland, with 472MW, has a larger wind energy capacity among the EU’s eastern member states, although eastern European countries are still lagging considerably behind their western counterparts.