The Bulgarian Commission for Energy and Water Regulation (KEVR) has approved a 2.5% reduction in the wholesale price of natural gas for September 2025. The new price is set at around 30.9 euros per megawatt-hour, excluding VAT and excise duty. In August, KEVR had already approved a 3.8% decrease. The regulator’s decision was based on […]
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Bulgarian state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz has proposed a lower wholesale natural gas price for August 2025. The suggested price is around 31.2 euros/MWh, which is 1.77% lower than the approved August price of about 31.7 euros/MWh. That price already represented a 3.8% decrease compared to July. The final price for natural gas in September will
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US energy experts have met with the management of TPP Bobov Dol to discuss options for accelerating the plant’s environmental transition. Deputy CEO Ivelin Dimitrov hosted the talks with representatives from the energy solutions company Emtel. Discussions focused on gas-fired cogeneration as a quick pathway away from coal, with proposals for units that could replace
Bulgaria is moving forward with its largest energy project in decades by advancing two new units at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant. Units 7 and 8 will use Westinghouse Electric’s AP1000 technology, marking the first reactors in Europe to be based on this design. Currently, only two plants worldwide operate with AP1000 units—one in the
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In July 2025, household electricity costs in Bulgaria will be partially offset through payments totaling just over 23.3 million euros to four suppliers: Elektrohold, EVN, Energo-Pro, and ESP Zlatni Pyasatsi. Under a new compensation scheme, suppliers are reimbursed for the difference between the market purchase price of electricity and a baseline set by the Energy
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According to data from the Bulgarian electricity transmission system operator ESO, electricity production in Bulgaria between 1 January and 17 August 2025 rose by 9.2 percent compared to the same period in 2024, reaching 25.81 TWh. Electricity consumption in the same period increased by 5.98 percent, totaling 24.2 TWh. As a result, net electricity exports
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Eurostat’s latest data shows that Bulgaria recorded the largest increase in greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union during the first quarter, rising by 17.38 percent compared to January–March 2024. Across the EU-27, total emissions grew by 3.4 percent, reaching around 900 million tons of CO2-equivalents. Six other countries posted increases above 5 percent: Czechia
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Renalfa IPP has commissioned the first 69 MW of the 238 MW Tenevo solar complex in southeastern Bulgaria, along with all necessary assets for connection to the national 400 kV transmission network. The project, developed by Tenevo Solar Technologies, pairs the solar field with a 315 MW/760 MWh battery storage system that is currently under
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The Bulgarian Commission on Protection of Competition has received a notification from local company Uni Energy requesting approval to acquire NIS Petrol Bulgaria. Uni Energy is a Bulgarian fuel retailer owned by Ivaylo Konstantinov. The company collaborates with the Swiss group Avia International and TTN Commerce through Avia Bulgaria. By the end of 2024, Uni
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ICGB, the independent operator of the Greece-Bulgaria gas interconnection (IGB pipeline), has obtained a construction permit for the first phase of its capacity expansion project. This phase involves upgrading the Stara Zagora metering station in Bulgaria, increasing its throughput capacity from 3 to 5 billion cubic meters per year. With the permit secured, ICGB can
