Programme: Rural Development Programme

The present project examines the possibility of providing a grant under procedure No. BG-RRP-6.004 "Investments in technological and ecological modernization" from the National Recovery and Sustainability Plan of the Republic of Bulgaria (NRSP), Component: Sustainable Agriculture. The present proposal is for the financing of an investment in a photovoltaic system for own consumption in combination with local energy storage facilities for greenhouse vegetable production in PI 78029.135.46, Tsalapitsa village, municipality. Rhodope region Plovdiv, 21.06 kWp and agricultural machinery (a tractor with a front loader and navigation and a thermo-aerosol spraying machine). The photovoltaic installation will be carried out on the roof of the existing building on the property. It is intended for own consumption of the production in the property without giving the energy to the ERP network. It is planned to install local energy storage facilities - storage batteries. The tractor has a new environmentally friendly diesel engine that complies with European emission guidelines (STAGE V) and improves fuel efficiency. The tractor with the front loader is equipped with a navigation system. The navigation system provides traceability and control of agricultural operations and process management. The device is useful for all agrotechnical activities. The overall effect of using navigation is expressed in reducing the costs of fuel, preparations, fertilizers and performing precision treatments. And this contributes to environmental protection.
The machine for spraying with thermoaerosol is for plant protection of cultivated plants. It is equipped with a system for breaking the drops down to the size of microns (ULV - Ultra Low Volume or Ultralow volume spraying). This makes the process of plant protection with insecticides extremely efficient, saving on preparations (no need for copious wetting of the plants) as well as preventing their leakage into the soil.