site.btaMaritsa Iztok TPP Says It Has Taken All Necessary Measures to Comply with Environmental Protection Legislation

All necessary measures have been taken to comply with the applicable environmental protection legislation, Maritsa Iztok 2 EAD said in a statement to the media on Wednesday in connection with a ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) revoking an emissions derogation granted to the state-owned coal-fired power plant.

Maritsa Iztok 2 TPP continues to carry out its main activity – the production of electricity.  Since 2017, Maritsa Iztok 2 EAD has adopted and implemented investment and maintenance programmes aimed at the sustainable modernization of the plant, while consistently pursuing a policy of complying with the requirements for Best Available Techniques, introduced that same year, the plant’s press centre also said.

The SAC ruling came following a series of legal challenges brought by the environmental organizations For the Earth and Greenpeace Bulgaria. Environmental groups welcomed the ruling, describing it as a landmark decision for public health and environmental protection in Bulgaria. According to a post on the Greenpeace Bulgaria website, Maritsa East 2 TPP had been allowed to emit sulfur dioxide at nearly twice the permitted level and mercury at more than four times the legal limit, without a deadline or a concrete plan to reduce harmful emissions.