Bulgaria
Bulgaria to deliver 200 MWh of electricity to North Macedonia
06 September 2022 - prices would have to be defined in accordance with the legislation of Bulgaria and North Macedonia and the EU's directives
Greece increases electricity exports to neighboring Balkan countries
29 August 2022 - Electricity exports from Greece to its neighbors in the north have increased in July and are expected to increase further in August.
Bulgarian town plans clean hydrogen industrial zone
12 August 2022 - The Razgrad municipality in Bulgaria plans to develop an industrial zone that will use clean hydrogen produced with solar power
Energy storage is among pillars of Bulgaria’s green recovery plan
09 August 2022 - All political parties in Bulgaria are determined to avoid breaching deadlines from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, says Dimitar Zwiatkow from law firm CMS Sofia
Automotive components producer Etem Gestamp signs PPA deal in Bulgaria
07 August 2022 - Private Equity Fund - Growth and Etem Gestamp have signed a ten year power purchase agreement for 4 GWh of solar energy
Bulgarian cement plant gets EU grant for innovative carbon capture, storage project
18 July 2022 - Devnya Cement got a EUR 190 million grant from the EU for the first full-chain carbon capture and storage project in the Balkans
Bulgarian IBEX to roll out 15-minute interval for power delivery in October
13 July 2022 - Bulgaria's IBEX will introduce a 15-minute product on October 1 within the intraday market for the Bulgarian-Romanian border
Greece, Bulgaria inaugurate IGB gas pipeline
11 July 2022 - The two prime ministers symbolically turned the valve at their IGB interconnector. It will initially get gas through the TAP pipeline.
Bulgaria works on renewables portfolio expansion, plans offshore wind, floating solar
07 June 2022 - The country intends to remove restrictions and simplify procedures for the deployment of renewables, deрuty Prime Minister Sandov said
Bulgarian system operator plans to connect 4.5 GW of new capacities by 2024
03 June 2022 - Bulgaria’s transmission system operator will finish necessary investments 18 months earlier then planned
Bulgaria to abolish limitations for rooftop solar panels for own use
26 May 2022 - Bulgaria is introducing a law to eliminate the administrative procedure for renewables on buildings, as long as they are for own use
IGB, Alexandroupolis LNG to help gas diversification in Bulgaria, Greece, Western Balkans
26 May 2022 - New natural gas infrastructure is key for increased diversification in the Balkans, according to Alexander Nikolov
US-based KKR set to take over ContourGlobal
20 May 2022 - US-based KKR is set to take over Bulgarian thermal power plant Maritsa East 3, as well as wind and solar capacities in Austria and Italy
Bulgaria extends subsidies for businesses to pay high electricity, gas prices
17 May 2022 - The government, employers and unions have agreed on compensation for high energy prices, the government said
Bulgaria is guilty for air pollution rules European Court of Justice
16 May 2022 - Bulgaria has breached EU rules on air pollution because of failure to address SO2 pollution from super-polluting coal plants
AES Bulgaria to look into developing solar, energy storage projects
05 May 2022 - AES Bulgaria will explore options for developing a combined 100 MW solar power and battery energy storage project