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2.2. Justification The situation in Borgas region (strong investors interest), as well as favourable climat conditions, are premise for the development of solar energy. Specific Problems: - The opinion that the utilization of RES requires massive installations outside the city limits. o For PV we need large space o For water palnts we need a water source o A restriction to build a wind turbine within 500m of the city limits. - The opinion that in order to invest in those technologies you ll need a great sum of money Problem with information to be presented in a way that the decision makers won t hold back from the investment due to it s high initial price. - The use of one-sided popularisation approach government directives and commercial clips of the manufacturers. Solution to this problems: The implementation of this project will solve those problems with the application of innovative complex approach Promotion-Construction-Demonstration . - In stage one Promotion we ll involve the civic society in order to reach better the target group. - Stage two Construction is pure practical starting from the application to the start of the exploitation of the PV central. - In stage three Demonstration we ll show the good practice to the target group, that PV is the only RES applicabe in urban areas, with no restriction to the space, investments needed and the legislation. 2.3. Location The project will be implemented in southeast planning region, on the territory of administrative center of Bourgas. 2.4. Project target groups Direct beneficiaries of the project will be: o Hotel owners. o Building Mangers and Stakeholders. o Local authorities in Bourgas, Pomotie and Nessebar. o Managers of SMEs o Schools and other public buildings o Local community 2.5. Goal and expected impacts. The main goal of the project is to counteract against the global change of the climate via the innitiation of partnership for formation of responsible energy politics and demonstration of the solar technologies advantages. The expected impacts are: Increased application of new technologies; Reduced emissions in Danube river, Black See and the Aegean sea.; Climate changes; Increased revenuew of the people involved in SGP projects; Development of cooperation/collaboration/awareness among NGO/PO and the local authorities in the region where SGP projects are implemented. 2.6. Objectives and expected results. The project objectives are: to contribute for the counteract against the climate change with the reduction of hothouse gases via the generation of electriciy with photovoltaic cells; to increase the theoretical knowledge, the skills and practical training; to increase the awareness among at least 20% of the local community regarding the benefits from utilisation of RES and to innitiate a partnership for the formation of responsible politics for sustainable use of natural resources. We expect the following results: to license a Center for Vocational Training added to ET A.E.-Andrey Edrev ; to build a RES laboratory for the CVT; to disseminate printed materials to at least 2000 people and to reach up to 50 000 people via the local media. 2.7. Major Activities. The major activities we envisage are: Information and Distribution campaign to promote the opportunities for utilisation of the Sun for generation of electricity in the Bourgas region; to start a Consultancy Center for RES; to build a Demonstration PV Central; to promote the project results; to keep sound and transparent records of the project documentation; 2.8. Partnership with GEF SGP proposals/projects. Pilot Demonstration Model for Wind Audit and Energy Alternatives in Small Black Sea Municipalities , implemented by Bourgas Regional Agency for Energy Management. To this moment BoRAEM has provided the data, about the community awareness about RES usability, aquired through interviews with representatives of the TU-Varna and the Business community. 2.9. Sustainability. o Financial Sustainability The build RES Laboratory in CVT will be used for training courses. The revenue from generated electricity will provide stability after the end of the project. And we ll also use the newly acquired expertise in Solar Audits to performe this service to investors. o Integration in longterm processes We see as a natural continuation of the project activities, the collaboration with target group towards the implementation of the measers regarding the use of solar energy, set out in the municipality plans fro development and drawing of investors. o Human Resources The building managers and stakeholders will be more close to the idea for public-private partnerships for investments in solar technologies. The trined representatives of the target groups will gain expertise in installation, service of photovotaic panels, analysis of data, which they ll put into practice in their future jobs.

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