BGVEA: Misinformation about the wind sector creates a risk for the country's energy security and its path to decarbonization

In its opinion, the Bulgarian Wind Energy Association (BGVEA) expresses a threat from the spread of false information about wind energy. In the statement to the media, which we publish without editorial intervention, the members of the association express their concerns regarding future projects and, in general, the decarbonization of Bulgaria's energy sector.

With this position, we would like to express our strong concern about the spread of false and unfounded claims and concerns about the negative impact of wind generators on green health and nature.

In the last few months, the wind energy business has faced increasingly frequent attacks on the Internet, social networks, and negative public sentiment in the area where wind projects are being developed. The sources of this misinformation threaten the country's energy independence and pose a risk to the implementation of national and European goals and strategies in the field of energy and climate.

The widespread false manifestations cause anxiety among the public, as a result of which a number of difficulties are created for the developing wind energy projects. Moreover, the obstruction of projects by means of disinformation is in contradiction with the goals and measures set in the National Recovery and Sustainability Plan (NRSP). Failure to comply with the measures laid down in the NRSP will inevitably lead to significant losses for the country's economy.

Articles and publications with false content and claims about the harmful effects of wind generators, without absolutely any argumentation, analysis and expertise, are often found on the Internet, which is incomprehensible and unacceptable to us! Wind power is at the heart of solving the problem of climate change, with wind-generated power being by far and away the cheapest at the moment. The energy from new wind plants is not subsidized and not bought at a preferential price, it competes with other energy sources and leads to a decrease in the price of electricity traded on the energy exchange.

Speculations about the excessive impact of wind farms are unfounded. To permit the construction of this investment object, which the intention has passed through a number of exploratory studies, expert opinions and permit documents are issued, which determine the permissible previous action of the project. For their part, wind generators are standard technical equipment that is certified and complies with all EU norms.

We appeal to the Bulgarian media, which has an important role to inform the public, to verify the facts and not to become a tool for false propaganda that works against the interests and laws of Bulgaria. Obtaining cheap and clean energy from a local resource would only contribute to increasing the competitiveness of the industry and to the growth of the country's economy.

In this regard, our call is not to allow obstruction of wind energy projects in our country, but on the contrary - to speed up the process of their integration, with a view to guaranteeing the energy and economic sustainability of the country!

About the Bulgarian Wind Energy Association (BGVEA): BGVEA unites many companies that are active in the field of wind energy - producers, investors and project developers. The association is the voice of wind energy in Bulgaria. It participates in the legislative and regulatory processes related to this sector, actively protecting the interests of its members. BGVEA strives to promote the supply of wind energy as a clean and sustainable source of energy by providing its members and the general public with up-to-date information on the improvement of wind energy in Bulgaria and around the world.