TPP Bobov Dol intends to stop burning waste
Coal-fired power plant Bobov Dol intends to terminate the co-incineration of unregulated waste, according to a letter the management of the thermal power plant (TPP) sent to Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev. Two inspections this year revealed the facility was harming the environment and public health. In March, lawyers representing ClientEarth, Greenpeace Bulgaria, and Za Zemiata […]
Lovech in Bulgaria to renew public lighting in EUR 596 million project
MPEnergi from Norway is about to replace 4,483 street lamps with LED technology and install management software and equipment. The municipality northeast of the capital of Bulgaria is counting on cofinancing from EEA Grants for the modernization of its public lighting and a small solar power plant. The Municipal Council of Lovech in Bulgaria has […]
Environmental organizations ask EU to stop waste burning in coal power plants in Bulgaria
Environmental lawyers at ClientEarth, Greenpeace Bulgaria and Za Zemiata are bringing a legal complaint to the European Commission to compel EU authorities to investigate and order the alleged illegal waste incineration in Bulgaria to stop. Three organizations have taken action after the Bulgarian government secretly allowed three aging coal power plants to burn unclassified waste, […]
Bulgaria to continue to use coal power plants at least until 2030
Bulgaria will continue to use its coal power plants in the following decade and further on, according to the national plan with a 2050 horizon, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said after meeting with representatives of two trade unions, local media reported. They discussed the European Green Deal. The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria […]
Metro Bulgaria equipping supermarket roofs with solar power plants
Three retail units in total out of 11 will have photovoltaic arrays on top of them, Metro Cash and Carry Bulgaria Eood announced at the opening of its first roof power generation system. The project was launched with the installation of over 1,360 panels or 423 kW in Blagoevgrad, in the country’s southwest. Chief executive […]
Sofia upgrading air pollution response system, may restrict traffic
The center of Bulgaria’s capital city has good air quality for the first time since the beginning of December, according to data from Air Visual. After spiking to as much as 170 points on a daily scale, the US AQI measure finally fell slightly below 50 by noon, though the second half of the day […]
Bulgaria’s funding for waste incinerator CHP greenlighted by EU
The European Commission said on November 25 that it gave the go-ahead for Bulgaria’s proposal to back a project for a high-efficient cogeneration system in the capital city. The overwhelming part of the EUR 93.8 million plan for the waste incinerator is money from the trade bloc’s structural funds. The remaining EUR 3 million will […]
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 […]