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Snow causes chaos in Bulgaria, cuts off power [Jan 07, 2012] Heavy snow has caused chaos in Bulgaria, leaving hundreds of villages without electricity. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Doesn't Need More Nuclear Units - Rightists [Jan 06, 2012] No more nuclear power units are currently necessary to be constructed in Bulgaria, the rightist Union of Democratic Forces party has stated in a declaration. Bulgaria exported records amounts of electricity in 2011 and the existing units were not even working at half of their capacity, the party has pointed out in its declaration, as cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency. On Thursday, Bulgaria ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Sole Nuclear Plant Sets Production Record [Dec 21, 2011] Bulgaria's sole Nuclear Power Plant, Kozloduy, set a record Tuesday with its two working units (Unit 5 and Unit 6), producing the highest quantity of electricity in their history. Shortly after 2 pm on Tuesday, the best result since 2008, when the annual production reached 15.765 billion kWh, was surpassed, announced the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's New Renewable Energy Act Cools Down Investors' Hopes [Apr 21, 2011] Bulgaria's Parliament has adopted a controversial draft of the long-anticipated Renewable Energy Act that seems to be designed to reign in the staggering growth of solar and wind energy projects. Until now, the state was obliged to purchase electricity produced from renewable energy generators at high, fixed prices, which has led to a jump in declared investments totaling over 6 000 ? a capacity ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Kozloduy NPP Over-Performs in 2010 [Jan 03, 2011] Bulgaria's only operational nuclear power plant at Kozloduy has surpassed its planned 2010 electricity output. In 2010, the Kozloduy NPP produced a total of 15 248 605 MW/h of electricity , the company management announced on Monday, January 3, 2011. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Hopes to Export Electricity to Lebanon [Dec 22, 2010] Bulgaria is looking at opportunities to export electricity to Lebanon, according to the Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Traicho Traikov. As part of a Bulgarian state delegation to Lebanon, Traikov met with Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water Resource Gebran Bassil in Beirut. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Start Exporting Electricity to Turkey Once Again [Oct 06, 2010] Bulgaria should be able to start exporting electricity to Turkey end of October, the energy ministers of the two countries agreed in Sofia. Bulgarian Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Traicho Traikov , welcomed his Turkish counterpart, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz , who accompanied Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his visit to Sofia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Start Exporting Electricity to Turkey Once Again [Oct 04, 2010] Bulgaria should be able to start exporting electricity to Turkey end of October, the energy ministers of the two countries agreed in Sofia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania Wants to Export Electricity to Bulgaria [Sep 30, 2010] Romania appears to be studying opportunities to export electricity to Bulgaria. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's FBI to Probe Black Sea Coast Power Outage [Jul 26, 2010] Bulgaria's police and State Agency for National Security (DANS) are to probe the power outage that left thousands along the country's Black Sea coast without electricity. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Economy Minister to Check Largest Energy Consumers [Jun 30, 2010] Bulgaria's Economy, Energy and Tourism Minister, Traicho Traikov, has announced the beginning of his tour among the country's enterprises, which are the biggest consumers of natural gas and electricity. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex PM: Govt Wants to Bury All Russian Energy Projects [Jun 21, 2010] The result of the current government policy is that in a few years time Bulgaria will have to import electricity from Turkey, Stanishev said on Monday in the town of Dobrich. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria May Lose Turkish Energy Market over Russian Deal [May 13, 2010] Bulgaria might lose Turkey as an electricity export market as a result of the energy deals that the latter has signed with Russia, an expert has warned. [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-22 13:23 CEZ seeks partners for Bulgaria coal power plant (Interactive Investor) [Mar 22, 2010] SOFIA, March 22 (Reuters) - Czech power utility CEZ said it was looking into possible partnerships and synergies to increase production at its 1,260 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Bulgaria. "This does not necessarily mean selling the thermal-power plant of Varna," the company, which provides electricity to more than 2 million households and businesses in Bulgaria, said on Monday. CEZ said ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Power Utility EVN to Invest BGN 100 M in New Plant (Novinite.com) [Mar 12, 2010] Bulgaria?s Austrian-owned power utility EVN announced it planned to invest BGN 100 M in a new electricity and heating plant. The new power plant will be constructed by EVN Bulgaria near the Plovdiv North Heating Plant. [via YahooNews] More >>

Russia's Gazprom Wants to Enter Bulgaria Electricity Market (Novinite.com) [Feb 11, 2010] UK-registered Russian company Gazprom Marketing & Trading has requested a five-year license for trading with electricity in Bulgaria. [via YahooNews] More >>

Eastern Bulgaria Gripped by Heavy Snow (Novinite.com) [Jan 19, 2010] Eastern Bulgaria woke up Tuesday in the grip of a heavy snow storm with treacherous roads, power outages and canceled school classes. In the Region of the Black Sea City of Burgas, about 20 towns and villages are without electricity and schools in several villages are closed over impassable roads. [via YahooNews] More >>

Eastern Bulgaria Gripped by Heavy Snow (Novinite.com) [Jan 19, 2010] A winter storm gripped much of Bulgaria Tuesday, bringing heavy snow and strong winds, with some areas in the country without electricity, while ice and snow have stranded many vehicles. [via YahooNews] More >>