Title: Renewable energy and energy efficiency in Bulgaria

Authors: Elena G. Koleva; Georgi M. Mladenov

Addresses: Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72, Tzarigradsko shose, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria ' Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72, Tzarigradsko shose, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria

Abstract: The interest in renewable energy sources (RESs) utilisation and energy efficiency improvement programmes in Bulgaria reflects the changes in the field of energy policy worldwide and in Europe. Now energy management becomes a great problem of inner policy of Bulgarian government. In the last few years there has been a growing attention to the RESs applications. Bulgaria has one of Southern European countries with richest renewable energy resource base. Bulgarian EU-backed target is for 16% RESs of all energy generation by 2020. The paper presents the status of renewable energy technologies and their installed capacities. The opportunities and constraints for further development and use of renewable energy are considered. There are given data for energy balance, dwellings and one illustrative example of energy efficiency improvement of one multi-dwelling panel house, typical for a lot of Bulgarian citizens in small and big towns.

Keywords: renewable resource potential; solar energy; solar power; wind energy; wind power; hydropower; geothermal energy; biomass energy sources; energy efficiency; multi-dwelling houses; renewable energy; Bulgaria; energy policy; energy management.

DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2014.066798

Progress in Industrial Ecology, An International Journal, 2014 Vol.8 No.4, pp.257 - 278

Received: 12 Nov 2013
Accepted: 29 Apr 2014
Published online: 03 Mar 2015 *

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