Bulgaria's Cabinet has invited both Serbia and Croatia to participate as shareholders in the project for the country's future second nuclear power plant at Belene on the Danube.
Unit 6 of Bulgaria's Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant has been turned on after being off for scheduled annual repair and refueling, the Economy Ministry has announced.
The Executive Director of Bulgaria's Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, Dimitar Angelov, has resigned from his position, the Economy Minister, Traicho Traikov, has announced.
The Bulgarian Energy Holding and Gazprom have announced the start of a tender to select a company to carry out a preliminary investment survey for the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline on Bulgarian territory.
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Energy | November 4, 2010, Thursday // 19:32
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Bulgaria's State Commission on Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR) has fined the three power utilities, CEZ, E.ON and EVN, by BGN 2,97 M.
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Energy | November 4, 2010, Thursday // 12:52
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British oil and gas explorer Melrose Resources is starting work at its Bulgarian deposits Kaliakra and Kavarna on Thursday, the Bulgarian Economy Ministry has announced.
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Energy | November 4, 2010, Thursday // 08:27
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Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov has reiterated his scepticism of the feasibility of the Burgas-Alexandroupoli oil pipeline, amid strong indications that he is warmly embracing other energy projects with Russia.
Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov has stated in an inverview for ITAR-TASS that he is "wholeheartedly" backing the controversial Russian-sponsored Belene NPP project.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation Monday.
The geopolitical situation for Russia and its energy giant Gazprom in the Black Sea region deteriorated sharply after Boyko Borisov became Bulgaria's PM, according to a Russian paper.
An escalation of the cost of Belene NPP between EUR 0.5 B and 2.5 B is being negotiated between the Bulgarian government and Russian company Atomstroyexport.
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Energy | October 28, 2010, Thursday // 17:25
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Bulgaria's Cabinet has replaced all but two of the members of the State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR).
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Energy | October 27, 2010, Wednesday // 19:42
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An investor from the German free province of Bavaria has stated interest in Bulgaria's project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in the Danube town of Belene, a high-ranking official with the Bavarian Economy Ministry confirms.
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Energy | October 27, 2010, Wednesday // 14:15
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The Russian energy giant "Gazprom" does not plan to lower gas prices for Bulgaria any further, the Head of the company's International Business Department, Stanislav Tsigankov, says.
Ukraine has offered the establishment of a three-way joint company with Russia and the EU to guarantee the trade of natural gas supplies.
German company Siemens is most likely the new strategic investor in Bulgaria's Belene nuclear power plant, sources said.
A senior Gazprom official has declared that a German company will become a shareholder of the South Stream gas transit pipeline together with the Rusisan energy giant, Italy's Eni, and France's EDF.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Borisov has made it clear that there is hardly anyway that the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline will be built, reacting to an initiative for a joint position on part of the other participants, Russia and Greece.
Bulgaria has found a strategic foreign investor for the construction of its second nuclear power plant at Belene, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov made it clear Monday.
Russia fully respects the position of the Bulgarian cabinet regarding the oil line Burgas-Alexadroupolis, Russian Energy Minister, Sergey Shmatko, stated Monday.
Electricity worth BGN 7 M was stolen in Western Bulgaria in the first 7 months of 2010, power utility CEZ announced.
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