Wpd is facing backlash for trying to amend and merge two old wind power projects in General Toshevo in northeast Bulgaria 0 Bulgaria is deciding whether wpd needs to conduct an environmental impact assessment study for its planned wind park in General Toshevo. The location in Dobrich province in northeast Bulgaria spans the territory of the villages Zhiten The country’s total installed wind power capacity is 703 MW, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Not a single wind park has been commissioned since 2012, amid administrative barriers and legal uncertainty. After the local authority in nearby Vetrino effectively blocked CWP’s giant wind power project last year the Municipal Council of General Toshevo now declared it opposes wpd’s investment It expressed support to the local population and firms resisting the project They stressed that they want to protect fertile land in the region of southern Dobruja It hosts a group of small wind farms built in the first wave The municipality pointed to its ten-year renewables plan and said wpd’s initiative doesn’t align with it Project firm Wpd Wind 1 requested from General Toshevo to change its spatial plan. It wants to install 10 MW turbines, compared to the current 3 MW limit. The German company asked to raise the maximum allowed tower height to 200 meters from 140 meters and the total height to 300 meters from up to 196 meters, Pro News Dobrich reported Wpd also plans wind farms in Balchik and Dobrichka in the same area Wpd reportedly intends to grow the project to more than 400 MW The General Toshevo investment is now a combination of two old proposals, Svoboda 1 and Mizia 1, for an overall 70 turbines or 35 each, according to Capital.bg. The Bulgarian news website wrote that the initially proposed capacity was 210 MW and that the plan grew to more than 400 MW It learned that no state aid or preferential status are expected at this stage the turbines and their foundations would take up 44.6 hectares or less than 1% of agricultural land in the municipality Amending the local spatial plan is under negotiation to secure more land as the company is attempting to accomodate larger turbines there were also several cases of backlash against solar power projects over the past few years Farmers and environmentalists are insisting that agricultural land must be exempted from such investments The country is in a continuous political crisis for several years now, so the legislative response has been slow. There were even arrests for illegally lowering the quality grades of numerous agricultural land lots to enable the construction of solar power plants In neighboring Serbia and, in fact, near the joint border, the Ministry of Environmental Protection recently abolished a wind park project for the first time. 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The Bulgarian student teams that participated in the European Olympiad of Experimental Sciences EOES 2025 in Zagreb have returned with. english@bnr.bg HOT: » What kind of news would you like to see more of? Bulgaria's government issued a decision Wednesday for the creation of a new protected area for the conservation of wild birds named "Bilo." The protected zone spans a total area of 8 620,61 hectares and is located on the territory of the northeastern municipalities of General Toshevo Under the changes approved by the government the existing protected area Kaliakra is expanded by 5289 hectares The European Commission has to come up with a pronouncement on the inclusion of new territories in the list of protected territories in Europe after which Bulgaria's Environment Minister Iskra Mihaylova has to issue an ordinance on the new protected area and the expansion of the Kaliakra protected area The proposals have been reviewed and adopted by the National Biological Diversity Council the network of protected areas for the conservation of birds increases from the current rate of 22.6% to 22.7% of the territory of the country while the total area covered by the Natura 2000 network in Bulgaria grows to 34.4% In these northernmost points of Bulgaria's Black Sea coast there is a pile-up of wind farms and especially of wind turbine projects yet to be implemented some of which lack adequate environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports and endanger the existence of precious and disappearing bird species The changes come after Bulgaria was taken to court on October 17 due to the permits for building wind turbines in the Kaliakra region a migratory route and resting place for highly endangered species Due to the failure of Bulgaria to fulfill its obligations relating to the protection of species and habitats of great importance on the recommendation of European Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik the European Commission filed a claim against Bulgaria at the EU Court of Justice The trial was launched after an infringement procedure which lasted around 6 years over the large number of wind farm projects which had been authorized without adequate assessment of the impact on the unique habitats and species in the Kaliakra protected area We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria A wind farm project proposed in Bulgaria’s Varna region has sparked public outcry The Bulgarian Parliament has passed the Renewable Sources Energy Act in marine spaces at its initial reading aiming to establish administrative procedures and principles for the development The excavations are conducted under the scientific guidance of Assoc The endangered species in some biodiversity-rich regions of the world are almost the half of all species Scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences who have developed the integrated Natura 2000 management plan near Kaliakra have demanded that the state and municipalities bear the responsibility for the case-by-case decisions The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology forecasts that May will bring temperatures ranging from 2°C to 33°C across Bulgaria the weather will be mostly sunny—around and after midday cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds will develop Bulgaria and Greece have signed a draft Joint Declaration regarding the use of the Arda River waters over the next five years following a decision by the Bulgarian Council of Ministers The weather across Bulgaria on May 1 will begin with sunshine in the morning followed by an increase in cloud cover during the afternoon The Constitutional Court of Bulgaria has repealed legislative changes made two years ago that permitted the installation of photovoltaic (solar) systems on arable agricultural land Bulgaria will experience mostly sunny weather accompanied by a light to moderate east-northeast wind Google Street View Cars Return to Bulgaria for Major Mapping Update Housing Prices Soar in Bulgaria’s Major Cities as Demand and Supply Strain Increase The state of emergency declared in Varna after the hurricane-force wind on Saturday night which claimed one life and inflicted serious damage School-goers on the territory of the municipality will be studying online “The state of emergency in Varna will probably remain in place until the end of the day,” said Varna mayor Blagomir Kotsev A state of emergency or partial state of emergency is in place in almost all municipalities in the northern portion of Varna region The Varna-Dobrich road remains closed for clearing as is the electricity supply in the villages of Dobrich region Traffic has resumed on the Dobrich-General Toshevo road The state of emergency remains in 6 towns and villages in Shumen region The wind has brought down electric power lines in some of them the water supply is out as well