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Bulgaria’s Government approved on November 7 a draft framework for the selection process of a strategic investor for the Belene nuclear power plant, with Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova indicating the […]
Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova said on October 31 that the draft for an international tender to pick a strategic investor for the shelved Belene nuclear power plant was ready […]
The latest quarterly report prepared by the Market Observatory for Energy of the European Commission showed that Greece had the highest Q2 wholesale electricity prices in South-Eastern Europe, at 56 […]
Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power plant said that it has completed the scheduled annual maintenance and refuelling of unit 6 and has reconnected the 1000MW reactor to the country’s power grid. […]
European Commission vice-president Maroš Šefčovič has touted Greece’s potential in the energy sector, saying that energy reforms and the new institutional framework would help attract energy investments into the country. [… ...
Bulgaria’s utilities regulator decided on September 28 to raise gas prices in the country by 13.9 per cent starting October 1, citing the increase in oil and alternative fuel prices […]
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 maintenance and refuelling. The reactor was […]
The Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline project’s spokesperson Asli Esen said on Wednesday that its second line is over 45 percent completed. Esen told reporters that the giant construction vessel, […]
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, EU statistics agency […]
