Bulgaria wants exemption from planned EU pollution curbs on coal-fired plants


  • World
  • Tuesday, 28 Mar 2017

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria will seek an exemption from European Commission plans to introduce more pollution curbs on big thermal power plants, saying they would pose risks to the country's energy security and economic competitiveness.

Bulgaria's big coal-fired plants produce about 40 percent of the country's electricity.

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