With a rally and a march, one of the major trade unions in Bulgaria, the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour, intends to submit to the Council of Ministers a petition in defense of Maritsa East thermal power plant. It requires adequate action by the state..
The Ministry of Energy is mulling over ways to keep TPP Maritsa-Iztok 2 working after 1 July without this affecting electricity prices for households, Minister of Energy Andrey Zhivkov announced. On 9 June, President Rumen Radev assured the TUs..
All thermal power plants (TPPs) must put infrared cameras on their stacks to monitor when they pollute the air , Bulgaria's Environment and Water Minister Emil Dimitrov told BNT. This will happen with the opening next week of a new department in the..
In the framework of the Strategic Dialogue between Bulgaria and the US, Bulgaria's Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova held talks today with officials from the US Department of Energy. They discussed the preservation of the capacity of the coal-fired..
Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova has had talks with representatives of the International Monetary Fund, who are on their annual mission to Bulgaria. Topic of discussion was the current state of the energy sector in this country. Petkova..
Effective environmental requirements for polluting combustion plants in the EU such as the Bulgarian TPPs entered into effect today. As the BNR first announced in April, the measures were voted by a majority of Member States despite the fact that..
