Bobov Dol Power Plant
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Bobov Dol Thermal Power Plant is a coal-fired power plant situated in the lands of the village Golemo Selo
near the town of Bobov Dol
, Kyustendil Province
in western Bulgaria
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The plant is located near the Bobov Dol coal
mines and has installed capacity of 630 MW. The National Electric Company
intends to sell the power plant. One of the investors has proposed to add 2 new turbines to the 3 existing one with 210 MW each so that Bobov Dol TPP can reach 1,000 MW.
Its chimney is 200 metres tall http://www.trud.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=585201.
Golemo Selo
Golemo Selo is a small village located between the towns of Dupnitsa and Bobov Dol in Kyustendil Province, western Bulgaria. The village name means "big village". The population of the village is 573 inhabitants...
near the town of Bobov Dol
Bobov Dol
Bobov Dol is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Kyustendil Province. Bovov Dol lies near the geographic centre of the Balkan Peninsula and is known for its coal mines and thermal power plant...
, Kyustendil Province
Kyustendil Province
-Religion:Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:-Language:Mother tongues in the province according to 2001 census:* 153,242 Bulgarian * 7,929 Roma * 1363 others and unspecified -Ethnic groups:...
in western Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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The plant is located near the Bobov Dol coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
mines and has installed capacity of 630 MW. The National Electric Company
NEK EAD
Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania NEK is the Bulgarian national electricity distributing company also being the second largest company in Bulgaria...
intends to sell the power plant. One of the investors has proposed to add 2 new turbines to the 3 existing one with 210 MW each so that Bobov Dol TPP can reach 1,000 MW.
Its chimney is 200 metres tall http://www.trud.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=585201.