Bobov Dol Thermal Power Plant ( bg, ТЕЦ Бобов Дол) is a coal-fired power plant situated in the lands of the village
Golemo Selo near the town of
Bobov Dol
Bobov Dol ( bg, Бобов дол ; also Bobovdol) is a town in Bobov Dol Municipality, Kyustendil Province, southwestern Bulgaria. Bobov Dol lies near the geographic centre of the Balkan Peninsula and is known for its coal mines and thermal powe ...
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Kyustendil Province
Kyustendil Province ( bg, Област Кюстендил, trl ''Oblast Kyustendil'') is a province in southwestern Bulgaria, extending over an area of (constituting 2.7% of the total territory of the Republic of Bulgaria), and with a populat ...
in western
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
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The plant is located near the Bobov Dol
coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal is formed when ...
mines and has installed capacity of 630
MW. 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 tal
See also
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Energy in Bulgaria
External links
Nikifor Vangelov plans to build two new turbines in Bobov Dol
{{Power stations in Bulgaria
Coal-fired power stations in Bulgaria
Buildings and structures in Kyustendil Province