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REC Signs Multiple Contracts to Supply 20 MW in Bulgaria, Increasing Market Share to 15% [May 03, 2012] Renewable Energy Corporation returned from SEE Solar with multiple signed agreements to supply 20 MW of modules for solar power plant installations throughout Bulgaria. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Launches Largest Photovoltaic Park on Balkans [Mar 09, 2012] Bulgaria launched with an official commissioning ceremony the largest photovoltaic park in the Balkans. The installations near the village of Samovodene and the town of Zlataritsa were built by the South Korean companies SDN and KOSEP. The total power of the parks is 42 MW with an annual electricity production of 61 320 MWh, which will provide electric power for 2 000 households. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria with Record High Electricity Use over Polar Cold [Feb 01, 2012] Bulgaria has registered a new record of electricity consumption over the freezing cold that has gripped the country, the Electric Energy System Operator, EESO, reported Wednesday. On January 31, at the 20th hour, the maximum load was recorded in Bulgaria's electric power system ? 7 354 MW, which exceeds the previous record of 7 270 MW, registered on January 26, 2010. Because of the chilly ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Increase Capacity of Its Kozloduy NPP by 60 MW [Dec 20, 2011] The capacity of Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant, Kozloduy, will be increased by 60 MW as its generators will be replaced, it was announced on Tuesday. The reconstruction works will take two years and will cost EUR 30 M. "We are getting near to the fulfillment of that idea," Bulgaria's Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Traicho Traikov told the Bulgarian National Radio.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Moves to Increase Capacity of Its Kozloduy NPP [Nov 13, 2011] Bulgarian Kozloduy nuclear power plant will increase the capacity of its two working units to 104%, which will increase the output of each reactor to 1100 MW. If Kozloduy's two operational reactors, Unit 5 and Unit 6, work at 100% of their current capacity, their output would be 1040 MW each. The upgrade will cost less than BGN 1 M per MW, which will be considerably less expensive than the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Invest BGN 100 M in Extending Life of Kozloduy Nuclear Reactors [Jun 03, 2011] Bulgaria will need to invest over BGN 100 M in the extension of the life of the two operational 1000-MW reactors of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant, according to its CEO Kostadin Dimitrov. Speaking at the Bulatom energy forum in Varna Thursday, Dimitrov said the technical surveying of the two reactors will last 18-24 months. It is expected to provide answers on how to go about extending the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia Says to Eye Participation in Bulgaria's Nuclear Project [May 19, 2010] A file photo dated 22 April 2004 of people walking past an unfinished building of the first 1000 MW unit at Bulgaria's second nuclear plant in the town of Belene. [via YahooNews] More >>

Enel Green Power Unveils Second Wind Farm in Bulgaria [May 10, 2010] Enel Green Power, renewable energy arm of Italy's biggest utility Enel, put into operation its second wind farm in Bulgaria, doubling its installed wind capacity in the country, which already totals 42 MW. [via YahooNews] More >>

Spanish Electra to Build Wind Power Park in Central Bulgaria [Apr 26, 2010] Electra started activities in Bulgaria about six months ago. Photo by BGNES Spanish energy holding Electra plans to build a 100 MW wind power park in the central part of Bulgaria and has already bought 5000 decares of land, the company announced. [via YahooNews] More >>

Spanish Electra to Build Wind Power Park in Central Bulgaria [Apr 21, 2010] Spanish energy holding Electra plans to build a 100 MW wind power park in the central part of Bulgaria and has already bought 5000 decares of land, the company announced. [via YahooNews] More >>