Bulgaria intends to revoke the access fee of renewable energy

According to the Overseas News, Bulgaria, the High Court on March 13 on three photovoltaic business administrative lawsuits judgment, announced the withdrawal of the country's National Energy and Water Regulatory Commission last year, the introduction of renewable energy electricity access fee collection policy. According to reporters confirmation, Sky Solar, domestic enterprises among the three in favor of the enterprise. Insiders pointed out that a large number of investment projects in Bulgaria This business is a major positive.

According to public reports, the Bulgarian energy regulator may appeal within two weeks. Interview with this reporter, a number of people in the industry said, "The preliminary ruling has basically set the tone for the three companies in favor of means cancel all of the power station access fee is a high probability event." This ruling that the "access fee" has obvious discrimination characteristics, lack of transparency and a reasonable level of support. Once the preliminary final confirmation of the affected companies can claim. The Bulgaria photovoltaic wind inverter Commission appreciates the decision and that "should abolish all taxes. 

All kinds of new energy power station in September last year, the security authorities made to renewable energy producers retrospective levy of 1% -39% proportion ranging from network access fees decision before March 2010, which means that completed grid to pay proportion of "access fee." Global environment vigorously develop renewable energy, Bulgaria "retrograde" puzzling.

A long-term tracking of the field of new energy analyst, told reporters that the mentality of foreign capital investment in new energy projects in Bulgaria is a "love-hate relationship. As more economically backward country in Europe, Bulgaria is the development of new energy technologies less cost advantages, May 2011, the Bulgarian government introduced a series of tax and credit incentives for new energy enterprises, one time, a lot of new energy projects quickly cast built. The target set by the country at that time: 2020 renewable energy in overall energy consumption accounting for 16%, the induction of the favorable policies, investors in China, Australia, Italy, the United States, South Korea to enter the batch.

According to incomplete statistics, as of now, the Bulgarian wind energy and the size of the network of about 622 megawatts of photovoltaic inverter energy and the size of the network of 720-820 MW. As the project matured, and various preferential policies before the recovery period, the Bulgarian government can not timely sharing of gains "access fee" policy emerged. "Access fee" low the solar enterprise revenue into the country, according to public statistics show that 20% -40%, pulled down 10% of the wind power business revenue.