{"id":141978,"date":"2025-06-17T13:19:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/projektbeispiele\/cotez-carbonfree-trakia-economic-zone-development-planning-for-the-first-carbon-free-european-industrial-cluster-as-a-public-private-partnership-based-on-green-bonds\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:35:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:35:49","slug":"cotez-carbonfree-trakia-economic-zone-development-planning-for-the-first-carbon-free-european-industrial-cluster-as-a-public-private-partnership-based-on-green-bonds","status":"publish","type":"projektbeispiele","link":"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/en\/projektbeispiele\/cotez-carbonfree-trakia-economic-zone-development-planning-for-the-first-carbon-free-european-industrial-cluster-as-a-public-private-partnership-based-on-green-bonds\/","title":{"rendered":"COTEZ – Carbonfree Trakia Economic Zone – Development planning for the first carbon-free European industrial cluster as a public-private partnership based on green bonds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Keywords:<\/strong> citizen energy, climate protection, resource conservation, environmental communication, environmental technology, capacity building, networking, energy community, rural regions, knowledge transfer, industrial area, green bonds, PPP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subject and objectives of the project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using a self-organized approach derived from citizen energy cooperative concepts, this project aims to draw up a development plan for the first carbon-free European industrial cluster. The project includes the elaboration of the foresight with status quo analysis, gap analysis and the elaboration of solutions and development strategy. The development strategy is accompanied by energy simulations and supply\/demand calculations. The validation of the concept and the participatory public-private partnership (PPP) approach is carried out with the involvement of regional and international workshops and thus supports the overall development goal of the model expansion of renewable energy capacities in the Trakia Economic Zone (TEZ) – in particular through intelligent PV (generation, storage and smart grid management). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cluster (\u201cTrakia Economic Zone\u201d – TEZ, Plovdiv, Bulgaria) consists of six industrial zones (in Maritsa, Rakovski, Kuklen, Kaloyanovo and twice in Plovdiv) with a total area of around 1,050 ha. At present, 350 ha of this area is used by more than 200 multinational companies. TEZ is pursuing ambitious ecological goals with its \u201cCarbon Neutral Industrial Park Strategy (CNIP)\u201d 12-point plan. The strategy operationalizes topics such as \u201cgreen hydrogen\u201d, emission-free electromobility, the industrial transformation towards net zero and a carbon-free energy supply. <\/p>\n\n\n

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BTA-Korrespondentin in Plovdiv Presiana Valkanova (BTA = Bulgarische Nachrichtenagentur<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Innovation and exemplary nature of the project<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

The application describes a highly ambitious and dynamic project for the development of an industrial park in Bulgaria towards carbon neutrality in the energy context. For the foresight, which is at the center of the project applied for here, service offers, ideas and instruments of the kind offered in Germany, e.g. in the portfolio of EWS Sch\u00f6nau from the Black Forest, are combined with the topic of green bonds as a PPP format for the counter-financing of investments. This enables a high degree of self-organization from the overall concept inspired by citizen energy cooperatives. <\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n

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\u00a9 BTA-Korrespondentin in Plovdiv Presiana Valkanova<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Special aspects of the project<\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

As fixed-interest securities whose issue proceeds are used to finance and refinance the ecological conversion project, green bonds should be the central pillar of financing in a PPP. Green bonds can cover a variety of areas, such as renewable energies, energy efficiency improvements, sustainable water management, clean transportation or climate protection. In PPPs, green bonds are used to organize the cooperation of the public sector with private sectors in a structured but flexible way. <\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

Funding theme 6: Renewable energy, energy saving and efficiency<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project implementation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n