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  • Czechia could stop using coal for electricity production in 2038

    Czechia could stop using coal for electricity production in 2038

    A special unit set up by the Czech government recommended that the country to stop using coal in 2038, DPA reports.

    2038 is a compromise solution, said the Czech Minister of Industry, Karel Havlicek, during the presentation of the final report, adding that two other possible dates were discussed: 2033 or 2043.

    Environmental NGOs have called for faster disposal of fossil fuels and doctors have signed a petition warning of the consequences of air pollution.

    Environmental activists who have been picketing the Czech Ministry of Industry and Environment since November 16 have called for the removal of coal by 2030 at the latest.

    Currently, coal-based power plants are responsible for 50% of electricity production in Czechia.

    Coal is to be replaced by renewable energy sources as well as current and new nuclear reactors.

  • US proposed to Bulgaria to abandon the construction of Belene nuclear power plant

    US proposed to Bulgaria to abandon the construction of Belene nuclear power plant

    The United States has proposed to Bulgaria to abandon the construction of the second nuclear power plant in the country, given that this project, located in Belene, has been in place for years, AFP reports.

    The program has been suspended several times due to cost-effectiveness, even though two reactors have already been delivered by Russia.

    Seven groups, including the Chinese CNNC, Rosatom (Russia), Framatome (France), General Electric (USA) and KHNP (South Korea), submitted bids in August 2019 to complete works at this installation.

    But Washington prefers to focus on the other Bulgarian nuclear site, active at Kozloduy.

    US Ambassador in Bulgaria, Herro Mustafa, traveled to Kozloduy on Thursday. At the end of the visit, she proposed “a hybrid solution that would make the most of the equipment already purchased for the Belene project”.