Bulgaria
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
Draft law to be ‘catastrophic’ for Bulgarian power market
21 October 2022 - A new draft law imposing a 5% margin ceiling for wholesale transactions could have a ‘catastrophic’...
Bulgaria prepares EUR 102 million in grants for green energy in tourism sector
18 October 2022 - The tourism sector has access to funds for innovations, energy efficiency, green energy and energy storage systems and for working capital.
28 GW of renewable energy projects requesting grid connection in Bulgaria
07 October 2022 - Bulgaria is receiving requests for the connection of renewable energy plants with a combined capacity of 2 GW every month
Steag, LSG complete 66 MW solar park in Bulgaria, preparing to build another one
05 October 2022 - SENS LSG built a 66 MW solar park near Plovdiv. It is about to start the construction of 50 MW more in capacity in Bulgaria.
Gas interconnector Greece-Bulgaria to start commercial operation on October 1
29 September 2022 - Greece and Bulgaria issued operating permits for the interconnector between the two countries' gas networks