Bulgaria changes grid connection rules for new RES producers – CMS Sofia
Bulgaria’s authorities have adopted changes to the transmission and distribution grid connection rules, in a step aimed at reducing the administrative burden on producers and consumers of electricity from renewable energy sources (RES), according to an eAlert from law firm CMS Sofia. The amendment and supplement for Ordnance 6 of 2014 concerning grid connection rules […]
Resalta completes lighting project for bERS Logistics in Bulgaria
Resalta has completed a lighting renovation project for logistics company bERS Logistics at its facility in Musachevo, Bulgaria, according to a press release from Resalta. bERS Logistics provides logistics services, including warehousing, shipping and e-commerce support, with facilities throughout Bulgaria. The client chose to renovate lighting at its Musachevo logistics center, near Sofia, in order […]
Bulgaria taking steps to improve electric vehicle environment – CMS Sofia
Even though Bulgaria is a relatively small and undeveloped electric vehicle (EV) market, in the past few months there have been some developments demonstrating some will of the authorities to improve the EV environment so as to achieve the set goals in the policy documents, according to an eAlert from law firm CMS Sofia. As […]
Bulgaria’s households to be able to choose electricity supplier from 2020
Households in Bulgaria will get the right to choose the electricity supplier but not before 2020, Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said, local media reported. The electricity market liberalization for households and small consumers was scheduled to happen a year ago. She said that the process has started, but that it will be finished in […]
Bulgaria drafts legislation for hydrogen fueling stations
Bulgaria has drafted legislation that defines terms and conditions for the design and construction of stations for charging hydrogen-fueled vehicles. The legislation was drafted by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works. Analysis has revealed a lack of regulations that define terms and conditions for the design and construction of hydrogen filling stations The […]
Sofia gets first electric scooter rental company
The US-based micromobility start-up Lime has started offering electric scooters for rent in Sofia, one of the most polluted cities in the European Union, becoming the first such company to operate in the Bulgarian capital. According to city officials, two more companies have expressed their interest in providing the same service with e-scooters for Sofia […]
Končar KET to refurbish HPP Vacha in Bulgaria
A consortium comprising Croatia’s Končar KET and Czech ČKD Blansko Holding has signed a contract to refurbish the 14 MW hydropower plant (HPP) Vacha-1, the accompanying 110 kV switchyard, and other auxiliary systems at the HPP, in cooperation with the Bulgarian state power utility Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania (NEK EAD), Končar KET has said in a […]
Plovdiv, Vidin municipalities sign projects to reduce air pollution from heating
Contracts have been signed on projects for Bulgaria’s municipalities of Plovdiv and Vidin to improve air quality by reducing fine particulate matter (PM10) emissions from solid fuel heating. The implementation of the projects to reduce air pollution from heating will contribute to air quality improvement for approximately 345,000 residents of the Plovdiv municipality and 52,000 […]
