ContourGlobal
Coal power plants in Bulgaria cutting production amid losses, pollution breaches
29 March 2024 - Coal plants in Bulgaria have halved output as renewables and gas power are cheaper and due to CO2 emission costs and pollution control
ContourGlobal urges Bulgaria to help coal plants for sake of energy security
17 January 2024 - CEO of ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 Vassil Shtonov said Bulgaria needs to keep coal plants afloat until large gas power plants are built
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 named EU’s top SO2 polluter, accused of “persistent” breaches of limit values
25 January 2021 - Three environmental organizations have accused Bulgaria of systemically and persistently violating the European Union’s (EU)...
ContourGlobal abandons Kosova e Re project, exits coal altogether
17 March 2020 - The foreign investor has faced a setback with regulatory hurdles and financing drying up for...
Lluka: Case for TPP Kosova e Re to be presented in Vienna on January 17
27 December 2019 - Amid looming deadlines in the controversial project for the construction of a coal-fired power plant,...
Energy Community challenges state aid to Kosova e Re
24 December 2019 - The Energy Community Secretariat said it has sent a so-called opening letter to Kosovo* with...
Renewables, power storage are Kosovo’s* best choice: World Bank study
05 December 2019 - The most affordable strategy for the government in Prishtina would be to phase out coal-fueled...
Kosova e Re power purchase agreement challenged at Energy Community
14 May 2019 - Kosovar and international non-governmental organizations have filed an official complaint to the Energy Community’s (EnC)...
Gov’t, investor committed to Kosova e Re, as World Bank pulls support for coal-fired power plant project
12 October 2018 - After the World Bank announced that it will not support a 500 MW Kosova e...
Energy Community finds distortions of state aid rules regarding Kosova e Re power plant
18 June 2018 - The Energy Community Secretariat believes that several elements of the power purchase agreement signed between...
Producers, Associations establish National Energy Chamber
23 March 2016 - Legitimate representation and protection of the interests of the energy companies in Bulgaria are the...