“The sharp rise in the prices of almost all energy carriers in Europe, especially gas and electricity, is the result of a policy that has been pursued in Europe for many years. A policy that leads to the closure of serious capacities and their replacement with complex and inefficient ones. capacities such as renewable sources “, commented the director of the Institute for Nuclear Knowledge Management in Vienna Prof. Yanko Yanev in the program” The Day ON AIR “.
He said that Bulgaria has more than a thousand MW of wind power plants installed, as well as photovoltaic power plants, but one has to ask what energy they have produced, not what the capacity is.
According to him, it was currently expected in Europe that offshore wind farms would produce a lot of energy. But this year, who knows why they didn’t produce that much.
“What will be the consequences? We will have to learn to properly manage the energy sector. Not to hurry so much with a change in the energy system and make it” green “, because these transformations are complex and slow,” Yanev said.
He stressed that sometimes these transformations will take place over decades or more.
“Let’s not forget that the energy we have was created for another country. A country that had metallurgical enterprises. A country that had high-energy consuming technologies. We now have this energy we want to adapt it to use it for a more modern economy. It’s getting complicated, “the energy expert told Bulgaria ON AIR.
But he noticed that the direction was right. “The direction towards a decarbonised Europe will not undo it. If anyone in Bulgaria imagines that we will wait and burn coal again, I am almost convinced that Europe will not change the road. Too much effort and money has been invested in this policy,” he added. he.
Yanev stressed that Bulgaria must have an energy policy, according to which it is clear where our country is going. Where is he now and where does he want to go and how long will it take? On this basis to develop plans.
The only thing we can start building is the nuclear power plant on the Belene site, which does not mean that it should not be built in Kozloduy, because the units that are currently operating have a certain life. to think about new capacities of Kozloduy NPP and now we have to think about this issue, “he added.
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