BULGARIA
Industrial Companies in Bulgaria Could Receive Aid Due to Carbon Allowances
Date: 14.12.2018 Author: Peter Palčec
Photo: Ana V. Vršnak
Industrial enterprises in Bulgaria whose competitiveness is at risk due to the impact of carbon allowances on the final price of electricity could receive aid in the form of compensation for indirect
Bulgaria Expands Co-operation in Nuclear Energy with French Framatom
Date: 14.12.2018 Author: Andreja Šalamun
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Bulgaria’s Energy Minister, Temenuzhka Petkova, and the Senior Vice President of the French company Framatom, Frederick Leliver, have outlined the prospects for expanding co-operation in the field
Bulgaria Will Keep ‘Blocking Quota’ in Future Belene NPP
Date: 11.12.2018 Author: Peter Palčec
Photo: www.kznpp.org
Bulgaria’s Energy Minister, Temenuzhka Petkova, presented a draft framework in parliament on 7 December for the selection process of a strategic investor for the Belene nuclear power plant (NPP).
Bulgarian Bulgargaz Proposes Increase of Gas Prices for Q1 of 2019
Date: 11.12.2018 Author: Peter Palčec
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Bulgaria's state-owned gas supplier, Bulgargaz, has proposed to the country's energy regulator, EWRC, that the price of natural gas for the first quarter of 2019 should amount to BGN 44.80 (EUR 22.9)
European Parliament Warns Balkan Countries to Stop Destructive Hydropower
Date: 10.12.2018 Author: Peter Palčec
Photo: www.cez.cz
The European Parliament urged the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) to review their support for hydropower plant projects in its
EEX to List Bulgarian Power Futures in H1 2019
Date: 07.12.2018 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik
Photo: ACER
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and the Bulgarian power exchange, IBEX, have signed an agreement on co-operation in the Bulgarian power market, as part of which it is planned that Bulgarian power
EC Could Impose EUR 330m Fine on Bulgaria in Gas Monopoly Case
Date: 07.12.2018 Author: Peter Palčec
Photo: Energetika.NET
The Bulgarian gas TSO, Bulgartransgaz, and Bulgaria's state-owned gas supplier, Bulgargaz, could be fined up to EUR 330 million by the European Commission (EC) due to blocking gas companies from
XBID Expansion to Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania in Summer 2019
Date: 05.12.2018 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik
Photo: Roman Peklaj
The go-live of the second wave of the European intraday market coupling project, XBID, which includes Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Slovenia, is expected to be launched in summer 2019, said the
New SEE Report: Bulgarian Spot Power Prices Increase to 81.44 EUR/MWh
Date: 05.12.2018 Author: Energetika.NET
Photo: Roman Peklaj
Find out more about the latest movements of spot power market prices in South East Europe (SEE) in Balkan Energy Trading report, prepared for Energetika.NET by Balkan Energy News.
ČEZ to Begin Talks with Second Prospective Buyer of Its Bulgarian Assets
Date: 05.12.2018 Author: Ana Vučina Vršnak
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The Czech state-owned utility ČEZ will begin talks with the second-placed bidder, India Power, in a tender to sell its Bulgarian assets, reported the Sofia Globe. In addition, ČEZ will continue
Bulgaria Approves Energy Strategy Changes to Pave Way for Major Gas Projects
Date: 04.12.2018 Author: Andreja Šalamun
Photo: Roman Peklaj
The Bulgarian state-owned gas TSO, Bulgartransgaz, can launch tenders to build a new 484 kilometre gas pipeline from Bulgaria's border with Turkey to Serbia by the end of 2019, reported foreign media.
Bulgaria to Increase Investments in RES
Date: 03.12.2018 Author: Peter Palčec
Photo: SunContract
Bulgaria plans to achieve its 2030 climate targets by increasing investments in the energy sector and renewables step-by-step, Bulgaria’s Deputy Energy Minister, Zhecho Stankov, told New Europe,
