The government has approved a report on the possibilities of building a new reactor on site 2 at Kozloduy NPP. The environment assessment has approved the technology of the American AP 1000 units and the Russian technologies for Belene NPP, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said. In the report, the experts support realization of Unit 7 at Kozloduy NPP with available equipment from the Belene NPP project.
"I think that after the 7thunit, we could go on to built 8th one," Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said, pointing out that the projects were in accordance with EU goals for climate neutrality by 2050 and diversification of energy resources. A model for financing of the new capacity is to be prepared, BTA reported.
Residents of the village of Kavrakirovo, near Petrich, came out in protest because of a proposal submitted to the municipal council of the municipality of Petrich, which affects nearly 100 ha of forest land . According to the protesters, it is about the..
A total of 60 officers from the Bezmer and Kabile units are on the ground with equipment for firefighting, Bulgaria's Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov told bTV. About 440 personnel, in 15 formations in southern Bulgaria and seven formations in..
For the seventh day now the efforts to put down wildfires in the area of the border municipality of Bolyarovo, near the border with Turkey, continues . There is no danger to settlements, but the outbreaks between the villages of Voden and Golyam Dervent..
On Sunday a cold front will sweep across the country from West to East. There will be clouds and, in the afternoon, brief showers, thunderstorms and..
A state of emergency remains in force in seven villages in the border municipality of Bolyarovo. The fight against the fire at the village of Voden..
A fire has started in Greece a kilometre and a half from the Bulgarian border and is slowly moving towards it. The fire is located in an extremely..
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