Bulgaria
Sunotec, Sungrow sign 2.4 GWh battery storage agreement
29 July 2025 - China-based Sungrow and Bulgarian-German company Sunotec have agreed to install 2.4 GWh of battery energy storage systems in Europe
Two small hydropower turbines to be integrated into Sofia water supply lines
28 July 2025 - Veolia received a green light from Bulgaria's capital city to install two hydropower generators within the city's major water supply lines
IBEX conducts Bulgaria’s first guarantees of origin auction
25 July 2025 - A small wind power plant in northeastern Bulgaria sold 2,475 guarantees of origin of electricity via the IBEX bourse
Bulgaria partners with Citi to secure financing for new nuclear power units in Kozloduy
18 July 2025 - The two sides have initiated a partnership for building units 7 and 8 at the existing 2,000 MW Kozloduy nuclear power plant
Bulgarian firm to install pilot hydropower plant on pontoon on Danube
16 July 2025 - Looking to build several hydroelectric plants on pontoons on the Danube in Bulgaria, a local company intends to install a 20 kW pilot facility in Vidin
Bulgarian battery factory Exeron X-BESS gets EU strategic status
16 July 2025 - IPS is opening the Exeron X-BESS factory as one of only six strategic projects in the EU designated under the Net Zero Industry Act
Market assessment underway for expansion of gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria
08 July 2025 - The IGB gas pipeline is planned to be expanded to five billion cubic meters. The non-binding market assessment phase is underway.
Bulgaria’s TPP Maritsa East 2 coal plant posts EUR 52 million loss for 2024
07 July 2025 - Even with a quota for the regulated electricity market in Bulgaria, low electricity prices pushed TPP Maritsa East 2 into a loss last year
Solaris Holding launches production at large hybrid renewable energy park in Bulgaria
02 July 2025 - The new Selanovtsi solar farm of 59.8 MW in peak capacity near Vratsa was installed alongside a battery energy storage system of 107.3 MWh in capacity
Solar power exceeds Bulgaria’s entire electricity demand for first time
25 June 2025 - For the first time, photovoltaic production alone surpassed power consumption in Bulgaria – for two hours
OMV Petrom enters Bulgarian solar power market as partner in one of biggest projects
24 June 2025 - As part of its decarbonization efforts, Romanian hydrocarbons producer OMV Petrom is strengthening its presence in neighboring Bulgaria
Coal power plant Maritsa East 3 plans to build solar plant, 200 MW battery system
23 June 2025 - Maritsa East 3 plans to use the existing grid infrastructure for the green energy project, says Vasil Shtonov, CEO of ContourGlobal Bulgaria