green blue energy factory – bulgaria market analysis - GBEfactory

4 Market analysis by focus groups
4.1 Survey of chemical enterprises in Bulgaria
The survey goal is to get a representative picture of energy consumption figures and to
estimate potentials for GBE F in the sector. The survey is based on the processing of the data
of a questionnaire sent out and filled out by the chemical SMEs. Detailed description of the
results from the survey is presented in Appendix (available only in Bulgarian language upon
request).
A total of 42 companies filled out questionnaires have been received. The list of the
responding companies and the replies are available in the BIA and confidential. The Report of
the survey is structured in three parts according to the structure of the questionnaires. The
following conclusions could be made as a result of the survey:
General characteristics of respondent companies
• The largest group (about 43%) is the group medium sized enterprises. About 45% of
all respondents fall in the group of staff of between 50 and 250 employees with an
annual turnover below ˆ 50 million.
• The largest number of respondents is in the sector of rubber industry – about 18%. The
largest number of respondents is from the District of Russe– about 14%, followed by
the enterprises from District of Stara Zagora – about 11%.
Energy consumption profiles
The purpose of this section is to indicate the profile of the energy consumption and the part of
heating and cooling from total energy consumption.
• All companies use electricity and four of them use electricity only. About 62% use
natural gas and about 1/3 use liquid fuels. The largest energy carrier is the electricity
(40%), followed by the natural gas (30%).
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