Chapter ID: CBB948993058

Bulgarian Power Relations: The Making of a Balkan Power Hub (2013)

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In early 1983, Todor Bozhinov is appointed as the new Bulgarian minister of the electric power industry. Eager to demonstrate his professional managerial capacities, he introduces a number of economic and organizational changes. These have recently been discussed in the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON), and are aimed at increasing the productivity and efficiency of member states’ power systems. Some of the measures directly affect the reliability of electricity supply. For instance, the customary summer maintenance and repair works, during which many generating units lie idle, are to be drastically reduced. Also, two full months of coal emergency reserves are to be cut to the equivalent of two weeks, thus freeing significant financial and material resources. About a third of the Bulgarian coal supply comes from Soviet Ukraine via Black Seaports, but this supply line seems quite reliable.

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Authors & Contributors
Jones, Christopher F.
Mary C. Neuburger
Caskey, John F.
Charles Blanchard
Trish Kahle
Aleksandŭr Kostov
Concepts
Energy resources and technologies
Coal and coal mining
Electric power industry
Energy consumption
Technology and economics
Fuels and fuel technology
Time Periods
19th century
Modern
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Turkey
Balkan Peninsula
China
Bulgaria
England
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