Home NewsAnalysisEventsNational Roadmap for the Hydrogen Development

Go back

Go Back

Analysis

National Roadmap for the Hydrogen Development

The Ministry of Innovation and Growth published yesterday a document entitled “Hydrogen Future for Bulgaria“, which is a National Roadmap for improving the conditions and unlocking the potential for the development of hydrogen technologies and hydrogen production mechanisms. The development of the Hydrogen Roadmap is set as a reform in the National Recovery and Resilience …

National Roadmap for the Hydrogen Development Read More »

EU managed to meet it’s ‘winter’ gas savings target

After the 4.3% growth in 2021, EU domestic gas demand declined by 13.2% in 2022 to 13.72 million terajoules. This is the third lowest total recorded in Eurostat database since 2008, after 2012 (12.93 million terajoules) and 2014 (13.2 million terajoules). It is important to note that Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1369 on coordinated measures to …

EU managed to meet it’s ‘winter’ gas savings target Read More »

Electricity prices for Bulgarian businesses below the EU average in the second half of 2022

Electricity prices for non-domestic consumers (with annual consumption between 500 MWh and 2 000 MWh) including taxes and charges are highest in Romania (EUR 0.4251 per KWh) and Denmark EUR 0.4029 per KWh in the second half of 2022. The lowest final prices in EU countries are observed in Finland (EUR 0.1365 per KWh), Malta …

Electricity prices for Bulgarian businesses below the EU average in the second half of 2022 Read More »

Lignite-fired electricity generation maintained its domination despite a drop of nearly 2TWh

According to ENTSOE operational data, country’s electricity generation in Q1 2023 (12 TWh) remained considerably below last year’s boom (-18.3%) as regaining values of 10-12 TWh and thus, bringing it closer to the values typical for that time of the year. Despite the considerable drop in lignite-fired electricity generation by nearly 2 TWh, it still …

Lignite-fired electricity generation maintained its domination despite a drop of nearly 2TWh Read More »

Natural gas consumption in a thirteen-year record-low drop-off

In 2022, natural gas market experienced some serious hardships. EU package of sanctions against Russia evoked by its invasion in Ukraine, Gasprom suspension of pipeline gas supplies, high gas market prices and EU measures to optimise gas consumption – all these had an impact on gas supply and demand. In the country, last year’s gross …

Natural gas consumption in a thirteen-year record-low drop-off Read More »

High prices and revenues from the Emission Trading Scheme in Q1 2023

In the first quarter of 2023, revenues generated by trading in European emission allowances (EUA) amounted to EUR 311 million or 49% higher than for the same period of 2022, as indicated by EEX data. To date, this is the largest value for that period of the year. Particularly strong were February and March, when …

High prices and revenues from the Emission Trading Scheme in Q1 2023 Read More »

ROUND TABLE on THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICITY NETWORKS – EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL TRENDS AND PROBLEMS

ROUND TABLE on THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICITY NETWORKS – EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL TRENDS AND PROBLEMS 23 February 2023, Sofia CONCLUSIONS AND COMMENTS OF THE MODERATOR I. THE EVENT The round table was organized by the Energy Management Institute. The complete agenda and interventions presented at the forum are accessible at EMI website (www.emi-bg.com[1]). The total …

ROUND TABLE on THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICITY NETWORKS – EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL TRENDS AND PROBLEMS Read More »

Conclusions and comments of the moderator “Current issues of energy security in Bulgaria”

On March 7, 2023, the Internet portal 3eNews and energy policy expert Slavtcho Neykov (ad personum) organized a roundtable discussion on the topic “Current issues of energy security in Bulgaria“. The key panelists in the discussion on energy security with a focus on the oil and gas sector were the Minister of Energy Rosen Hristov, …

Conclusions and comments of the moderator “Current issues of energy security in Bulgaria” Read More »

Round table ”COAL AND THE GREEN TRANSITION – NEW REALITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR BULGARIA”

We bring to your attention the moderator’s conclusions of the roundtable discussion organized by the Energy Management Institute in partnership with the American Chamber of Commerce on “Coal and the Green Transition – New Realities and Challenges for Bulgaria“. The event was held on 16.02.2023 in Stara Zagora. The conclusions contain details on the participants, …

Round table ”COAL AND THE GREEN TRANSITION – NEW REALITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR BULGARIA” Read More »

Record-high prices and ETS revenues persisted in 2022

Over the last few years, Bulgaria has marked annual records in revenues from EUA trading. No deviations from that trend were observed in 2022. According to the European Energy Exchange (EEX) data, 2022 annual revenues increased over 31% and exceeded one billion euro. On monthly basis, the largest revenues were obtained in May reaching EUR …

Record-high prices and ETS revenues persisted in 2022 Read More »

Share: