Bulgaria’s micro-hydro power surge | Climate News Network
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By Kieran Cooke
Bulgaria, one of the European Union’s more recent members, is in the midst of a micro-hydro boom. The hydro plants form part of an overall EU energy package which sets a binding target of achieving 20% of energy from renewables by 2020 in order to tackle carbon emissions and climate change. The plants are controversial, with allegations that they are not properly licensed and monitored – and that they threaten the environment.
BOROVETS, Bulgaria, 30 March - Dimitar Lobutov, an entrepreneur investing in a micro-hydro plant here, has little time for environmentalists.
“They are the biggest racketeers in the country – they make all manner of accusations but can’t prove anything”, says Lobutov. “It’s people like me who are developing Bulgaria – the greens just do nothing but complain or try and sabotage our efforts.”
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