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Portfolio of new cogeneration power stations for combined production of heat and electricity in DHCs Pleven and Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

The new cogeneration power station project is developed and implemented under Joint Implementation (JI) between Denmark and Bulgaria. The JI project is supported by District Heating Companies Pleven and Veliko Tarnovo, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, the Bulgarian Ministry of Environmental and Water and the Dutch JI project developer Global Carbon BV. This is the second Danish JI project for implementation of cogeneration installations in Bulgaria.

DHC Pleven provides heat and electricity to 28,271 households, 1,201 public buildings and public firms and 22 industrial enterprises. The total installed capacity of the plant is 36 MW electrical and 524 MW thermal.

DHC Veliko Tarnovo provides heat energy to 7,242 households and 188 public buildings and firms. The present heat supply is based on hot water capacity of 135 MW and steam capacity of 17,5 MW based on 3 hot boilers and two steam boilers of capacity 8,7 MW.

Emission Reductions

The new highly efficient cogeneration installation at DHC Pleven will use natural gas to produce approximately 247,683 MWh of electricity and 381,450 MWh of heat per year. The new installation at DHC Pleven is expected to generate approximately 123,300 tonnes of CO₂ emissions reductions in 2007 and approximately 670,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions reductions during the 5 year Kyoto commitment period from 2008 to 2012.

The highly efficient cogeneration units at DHC Veliko Tarnovo will use natural gas to produce approximately 26,700 MWh of electricity and 29,370 MWh of heat per year.    
The cogeneration units at DHC Veliko Tarnovo are expected to generate approximately 9,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions reductions in 2007 and approximately 74,600 tonnes of CO₂ emissions reductions during the 5 year Kyoto commitment period from 2008 to 2012.