Dragomir Stoynev, Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister, has said that the Oranovo mine, where a fatal collapse claimed the lives of four miners, will stop working until its activity becomes legally compliant and the working conditions are safe.
Dragomir Stoynev, Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister, has vowed to remedy the important irregularities uncovered by the tragic accident at the Oranovo coal mine, which claimed at least two lives.
On Thursday, August 1 2013, new lower electricity prices come into force in Bulgaria, it has been announced.
Bulgaria's energy sector is experiencing an extremely difficult situation, according to a report of Economy and Energy Minister Dragomir Stoynev.
Mining industry trade union representatives attended an extraordinary meeting with Economy and Energy Minister Dragomir Stoynev on Tuesday to discuss the new coal prices and the workload of the Bobov Dol thermal power plant.
Bulgaria's State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation, DKEVR, announced late Monday evening its final decision on electricity prices, which shall enter into force on August 1.
The upcoming heating season will be a season of scarcity for heating utilities, according to Valentin Terziyski, Deputy Chair of the Association of Heating Utilities in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria's Socialist-endorsed government has included in its plan a possible restart of the project to build a Russian-sponsored second nuclear power plant in the Danube town of Belene.
Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court (VAS) has stopped the construction of a national radioactive waste depot.
Energy company Park Place Energy Corp has said it has entered into an agreement that effectively brings to an end the litigation over the grant to the company of the Vranino 1-11 Block license in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria's State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR) has proposed a decrease in electricity prices by an average 5% as of the beginning of August.
Plamen Dimitrov, head of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria, CITUB, has suggested that plans to curb the capacity of Thermal Power Plant "Bobov Dol" to 850 000 MW during the next regulatory period are technically impossible because
The three power distributors operating in Bulgaria, CEZ, EVN and Energo Pro, face de-facto bankruptcy due to the decrease in electricity prices in effect since March 2013, the new rules for purchasing renewable energy, and the obstructions to the reimburs
The Bulgarian Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers (BFIEC) has demanded a "roadmap" offering sustainable long-term solutions to the energy problems which takes into account the recommendations of the European Commission and the World Bank on energy s
The heating utility in Bulgaria's Black sea city of Burgas plans to boost its efficiency by mounting a new biomass boiler, thereby reducing the consumption of natural gas and the heating bills of its customers.
Economy and Energy Minister Dragomir Stoynev has assured representatives of the "Trans Adriatic Pipeline", TAP, project, that the Bulgarian government considers gas supply diversification a top priority.
A fire caused by a spark erupted in the xylenes department of Bulgaria's Burgas-based Lukoil Neftochim refinery around 11 am on Tuesday.
Residents of Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna are preparing to stage a protest rally against the joint Russian-Bulgarian South Stream natural gas pipeline project.
Bulgaria’s state power utility has suffered more than BGN 36 M of losses due to the loan deal with BNP Paribas for the nuclear power plant project at Belene, an official check has shown.
Dragomir Stoynev, Bulgaria's Minister of Economy and Energy, has vowed an increase in coal prices by end-2013 from the current "unrealistically low" levels.
The South Stream gas pipeline remains a project of strategic importance for Bulgaria, Bulgarian Energy and Economy Minister Dragomir Stoynev has assured Russia.
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