Bulgaria
BLOW project – pioneering 5 MW floating offshore wind turbine in Black Sea
03 February 2023 - Renewable energy company Eolink announced it is launching a 5 MW floating offshore wind project off the Bulgarian coast in the Black Sea
Profine Energy pushes ahead with floating solar power project in Bulgaria
02 February 2023 - German company Profine Energy plans to build a massive floating solar power plant on the Ogosta artificial lake in Bulgaria
Bulgaria starts building second gas pipeline interconnection with Serbia
01 February 2023 - Bulgaria marked the start of construction today of its part of the second gas interconnection with neighboring Serbia
Romania and Bulgaria agree to build two hydropower plants on Danube
23 January 2023 - Romania and Bulgaria have agreed to build two hydropower plants on the Danube, which should be operational within the next five to six years.
Artificial energy island would help Romania, Bulgaria tap offshore wind in Black Sea
20 January 2023 - Bucharest-based think tank Energy Policy Group has presented a report titled Offshore wind – the enabler of Romania’s decarbonisation
Bulgaria’s 2053 energy strategy: coal until 2030, new nuclear capacities
18 January 2023 - Bulgaria plans to burn coal until 2030 to ensure energy security amid the ongoing crisis, while developing renewables, storage, and hydrogen
AE Solar Horizon to produce solar panels in Bulgaria
16 January 2023 - The Bulgarian-German company has submitted an application to the city authorities of Kyustendil for a factory for PV panels
Bulgarian parliament tells government to abandon CO2 reduction target
13 January 2023 - The parliament has obliged the government to change the National Recovery and Resilience Plan in the section covering energy
Bulgaria simplifies procedure for rooftop solar installations
12 January 2023 - Currently, the procedure to install solar panels and become a prosumer can stretch to one year, but now it is expected to accelerate
Bulgaria prepares grants for rooftop solar systems for households
06 January 2023 - Bulgaria earmarked EUR 30.5 million for replacing inefficient heating devices in households with rooftop PV panels and solar collectors
Bulgaria secures access to Turkish LNG terminals for natural gas imports
05 January 2023 - Bulgaria has signed a long-term contract with Turkey on the transit of 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas per year
Eurohold building Bulgaria’s largest solar power plant
20 December 2022 - Eurohold is set to increase solar power generation in Bulgaria by up to 12% with its facility under construction south of Sofia
Romania, Bulgaria in talks on 840 MW hydropower project on Danube river
23 November 2022 - Romanian officials said talks would resume with Bulgaria on building the Turnu Măgurele – Nikopol hydropower plant on the Danube river
Italian consortium to build first solar panel factory in Bulgaria
23 November 2022 - Italy-based IEXE Solar will build the first solar panel factory in Bulgaria in the industrial zone of Yambol
Bulgaria, Romania to invest EUR 2.4 billion in total in power grids
09 November 2022 - Transmisison system operators Transelectrica and ESO have prepared ten-year development plans for the period through 2031
German company intends to invest over EUR 1 billion in renewables in Bulgaria
08 November 2022 - Profine Energy is opening a subsidiary in Bulgaria for solar power projects and preparing to invest more than EUR 1 billion in the country