The main objective of the project "Demand Side Residential Energy Efficiency Through Gas Distribution Companies In Bulgaria" (Project DESIREE GAS) is to provide a dedicated and effective mechanism to support the gasification of Bulgarian households. Its specific objectives are:
- To support gas supply and installation of high-efficiency boilers in about 10 000 households;
- To save energy equivalent to 142,000 MWh per year;
- To achieve additional energy savings of 70,000 MWh per year due to switching from coal, biomass and oil to natural gas because of higher combustion efficiency;
- To save around 213kWh for every 2 BGN of grant for the average economic life of 15 years of the equipment installed;
- To reduce GHG emissions by 70,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year, or more than 1 mln. tons of carbon dioxide in the economic life of the equipment installed.
In broad terms the country gasification of households will contribute to the following:
- Improving the security of electricity supply by saving direct use of electricity;
- Increased energy efficiency in the heating and hot water supply.
These results will help to mitigate the effects of the closure of units 1-4 of Kozloduy NPP.
