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Bulgaria’s electric utility NEK lost an arbitration lawsuit lodged by Belene nuclear power plant consultant WorleyParsons, which was awarded 31.6 million euro in damages, Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) reported on […]
Bulgaria’s sole nuclear power plant, at Kozloduy on the Danube River, said that it has shut down the 1000MW sixth unit for scheduled annual maintena ...
The Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline project’s spokesperson Asli Esen said on Wednesday that its second line is over 45 percent completed. Es ...
The price for electricity per kilowatt hour paid by households in Bulgaria in 2017 was the lowest among 24 of the member states of the European Union, ...
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, accompanied by Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova and her Turkish counterpart Fatih Dönmez, opened a new 20km stretch of pipeline near the border with Turkey on […]
Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) ruled on July 19 to deny the proposed sale of all the assets owned by Czech energy group CEZ in Bulgaria to local […]
Bulgaria looks ready to follow Romania’s example, emphasising and paving the way for new drilling in the Black Sea and important oil and gas exploration. This is happening at a […]
Bulgarian MPs voted down on July 5 the motion tabled by the opposition socialists, which called for the early dismissal of Ivan Ivanov, chairperson of the Energy and Water Regulatory […]
Up to 6.3 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year is what the Neptun Deep field under the Black Sea can offer Romania. The American major Exxon Mobil has […]
Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) has approved price hikes for gas, electricity and central heating prices, going into effect on July 1 2018. Gas prices for the third […]
