New gas pipeline boosts Europe's bid to ease Russian supply
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2022 9:14 pm
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/new-gas ... -1.5881454
ATHENS, GREECE - Mountainous and remote, the Greek-Bulgaria border once formed the southern corner of the Iron Curtain. Today, it's where the European Union is redrawing the region's energy map to ease its heavy reliance on Russian natural gas.
A new pipeline -- built during the COVID-19 pandemic, tested and due to start commercial operation in June -- would ensure that large volumes of gas flow between the two countries in both directions to generate electricity, fuel industry and heat homes.
ATHENS, GREECE - Mountainous and remote, the Greek-Bulgaria border once formed the southern corner of the Iron Curtain. Today, it's where the European Union is redrawing the region's energy map to ease its heavy reliance on Russian natural gas.
A new pipeline -- built during the COVID-19 pandemic, tested and due to start commercial operation in June -- would ensure that large volumes of gas flow between the two countries in both directions to generate electricity, fuel industry and heat homes.