Significant rise in number of electric vehicles, hybrids
The number of electric vehicles in Bulgaria has grown 36%, to a total of 497 between 2012 and 2014, a report on the progress of Bulgaria’s national plan for eco-friendly mobility found. Meanwhile, hybrid vehicles were even more popular, as their number increased with 61%, to 1,031 in total. The report attributes growth to tax […]
Gabrovo opens energy efficiency projects tender
The Municipality of Gabrovo has opened a tender for design of work projects, part of an energy efficiency programme, with an estimated value of BGN 2 million (EUR 1.02 million), a notice published in the EU’s procurement journal indicated, SeeNews reported. The value of the contract does not include value-added tax. Works should be completed […]
Bulgaria’s Solarpro Holding turns to net loss in 2014
Bulgarian provider of products and services for the solar industry Solarpro Holding said it turned to net loss of BGN 993,000 (EUR 507,700) in 2014 from net profit of BGN 57,000 a year earlier, reported SeeNews portal. The company’s revenues grew to BGN 3.9 million in 2014 from BGN 2.6 million in 2013, it said […]
Bulgaria’s wind power capacity installed in 2014 at 10.1 MW
Wind farms with a total capacity of 10.1 MW were installed in Bulgaria in 2014, according to the annual Wind Energy Barometer report of EurObserv’ER, reported Bulgarian portal Novinite.com. EurObserv’ER is a consortium dedicated to the monitoring of the development of the various sectors of renewable energies in the European Union. The EurObserv’ER Barometers Project […]
Saint Nikola wind farm output tops 1.54 million MWh since launch
The Saint Nikola wind farm near Kavarna, in northeastern Bulgaria, has produced more than 1.54 million MWh of electricity in its five years of operations, US-based AES, which operates the plant, said, SeeNews reported. Through its operation, the wind park has saved more than 1.2 million tonnes of carbon emissions, AES said in a press […]
Bulgaria one of three EU countries in reaching RES 2020 targets
Energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption in the European Union (EU) reached 15 % in 2013, compared with 8.3 % in 2004, Eurostat said. The share of renewables in gross final consumption of energy is one of the headline indicators of the Europe 2020 strategy. The target to be reached by 2020 for […]
Incentives stay only for operational wind and solar facilities
Bulgaria’s parliament scrapped preferential prices for new renewable energy installations on February 26, as the country is struggling to cut deficits in the energy sector and keep a lid on consumers’ utility bills, Euractiv reported. Wind power farms and photovoltaic parks mushroomed in 2011, after Bulgaria introduced generous subsidies for renewable energy, guaranteed for 20 […]