Discussion: Opportunities and obstacles to the green transition
Channel: ZaZemiataBG
Date: 2024-04-06

Hybrid discussion "The green transition in Bulgaria - opportunities, benefits and false solutions. Does Bulgaria need new nuclear power facilities?"

March 29, 2024, House of Europe & Zoom 

Session 2: 12:30 - 16:30 Opportunities and obstacles to the green transition 

Мoderator: Todor Todorov, Za Zemiata / CEE Bankwatch. Expert on Just Transition in the EC-DG REGIO database, member of the Monitoring Committee of the Regions in Growth 2021-27 program

Speakers:
 -       Radostina Slavkova, Za Zemiata: Report with CAN Europe: "The Paris Agreement Pays Off: Accelerating the Green Transition Leads to Socio-Economic Co-Benefits" in Bulgaria
Link to presentation https://www.zazemiata.org/resources/co-benefits-report-presentation/
-       Petko Kovachev, Institute for Green Policy: What will happen with the NRRP (National Plan for Recovery and Sustainability) in Bulgaria?
-       Georgi Stefanov, member of the Board of the Bulgarian Association of Geothermal Energy (BAGE), Geothermal energy - the only RES technology competitive with the capacity of NPP as base power
-       Prof. Hristo Vasilev, expert in energy and light technologies: Is it possible for the price of energy in Bulgaria from photovoltaics to be below 15 euros per MWh by 2035?
-       Assoc. Prof. Vladimir Zinoviev, Director of the Research Center for Energy Business and Infrastructure of UNSS: Energy communities as a model for sustainable decentralization of generators and consumers

This event was prepared as part of the LIFE project „Together For 1.5“, co-funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor the funding body can be held responsible for them.