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YET ANOTHER REPORT ON BALKAN ENERGY CRISIS AFTER BULGARIA'S NPP CLOSURE

Fri, May 04 2007 09:02 CET 277 Views

Serbia is in danger of electricity shortage because of the closure of units three and four of Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP).

The units were shut down on December 31 2006 and Bulgaria decreased its energy export several times, Serbian newspaper Politika said.

Another reason was weather conditions in Southeastern Europe, which caused low level of the Danube, Morava and Drina rivers and lower electricity production of the water energy plants in the region.

An energy collapse is expected as meteorologists predict that summer 2007 will be the hottest one within a century, Politika said. Electricity consumption in winter and summer is almost equal due to the air conditioning usage.

According to energy experts Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia will suffer the most from the eventual energy crisis.

The energy shortage will lead to increase in the price of electricity and delay of the economic growth in the whole region.

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