3rd conference
‘Investment in Wind Power Plants and Hydroelectric
Power Plants in Bulgaria’
14 April 2009, Sheraton hotel, Sofia
Draft Agenda
10:00 – 10:15 Opening
Moderator: Velislava Popova, Editor-in-Chief, Dnevnik Daily
Petar Dimitrov, Minister of Economy and Energy, Bulgaria (invited)
10:15 – 11:15 Conditions of constructing wind power plants – normative base
Moderator: Nadja Zelyova, Business Development Manager, AES Maritsa Iztok І,
Bulgaria
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Present status and development tendencies in the EU legal regulation
relating renewable energy sources and its impact on the new energy
strategy of Bulgaria;
Permits, licences for construction and use
Regulatory frame and pricing the wind-generated electricity in Bulgaria –
problems and solutions
Electricity purchase
Environmental impact assessment
Possible wind farms locations
Kostadinka Todorova, Director, ‘Energy Efficiency and Environmental Protection’
Directorate, Ministry of Economy and Energy
Representative of the National Electric Company
Bojidar Pavlov, Deputy Director, Central Dispatch
Valentin Kirchev, Deputy Chairman, Bulgarian State Energy and Water Regulatory
Commission
Stefan Dishovski, Head of Climate Changes Policy Department, Ministry of Environment
and Water
11:15 – 11:30 Discussion
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break – Hosted by: Rubiships Ltd.
12:00 – 13:00 Investment and Market Opportunities
Moderator: Nicky Larsen, Direct Agency Procurator, Global Wind Power Bulgaria
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Potential for development of wind power production
Ecological parameters and global tendencies
Technological innovations and economic realty
Advantages of wind generators and achieving maximum efficiency of exploitation
Representative
Representative
Representative
Representative
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AES
RWE
Vestas
Enel
13:00 – 13:15 Discussion
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 15:15 Production of electricity generated by hydropower in Bulgaria
Moderator: Plamen Dilkov, Executive Director, ‘Svoge’ Hydroelectric Power Plant
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Terms and conditions for the construction of hydroelectric power plants
Efficiency
Permits, licences for construction and use
Hydro generators
Hydroelectricity prices
Electricity purchase
Tsvetanka Dimitrova, Director, Danubian Basin Directorate, Ministry of Environment
and Water
Venelin Barosov, Expert at ‘Licences and Control in Power Industry’ Directorate,
Bulgarian State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission
Anton Slavov, Head of Electricity Production Department, National Electric Company
15:15 – 15:30 Discussion
15:30 – 16:15 Financing projects for wind power plants and hydroelectric power
plants
Moderator: Iliya Iliev, Manager, EnCon Services
Representative of Unicredit Bulbank
Assen Assenov, Energy Projects Financing, ING Amsterdam
16:15 – 16:30 Discussion
16:30 Closing of the conference