“Bulgaria is completely unprepared for the suspended supplies of natural gas. If the gas is stopped only for Bulgaria, we can import quantities through agreements with Romania, Greece and Turkey. These will again be quantities sold by Gazprom,” the energy expert told BNR. Boyan Rashev.
He explained that Russia’s nuclear button was to stop gas exports to the whole of Europe.
“If Russia stops all gas exports to Europe, then Europe will be in economic collapse. Physically, this gas cannot be imported elsewhere. Europe can replace no more than 1/3 of Russia’s exports with alternatives that can immediately If Europe does that, the global liquefied natural gas market will explode. We will have to compete with China, Japan, India. It will be insanely expensive. “
In the program “12 + 3” the expert stated that Bulgaria is long overdue with the decisions.
“Insane amounts of money are set only in the Recovery Plan for solar and wind power plants. However, they are not an alternative to gas, they play together with gas. They are an uncontrollable source of energy unlike gas.”
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