“Bulgaria will build 200 kilometres of gas pipelines worth 250 million euro in the Maritsa coal basin, indicates the updated national restoration plan under which the country is to receive EU funding for sustainable development. The pipes can be used for the delivery of hydrogen which is the backbone of the essential reform of the Maritsa coal basin and will directly eliminate the carbon emissions from electricity generation,” said Ivelina Vasileva, Chair of the parliamentary Environment and Waters Committee during an online conference “EU Recovery and Sustainability Fund for the transition in Bulgaria.”
The changes to the national plan reflect the criticism that the projects do not include the coal mining regions which are key to energy transformation, investor.bg writes.
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