Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant

A new high-pressure gas pipeline was opened in Bulgaria on Friday, linking the Danube city of Silistra to the national gas transmission network.

Bulgaria's government is preparing the full liberalization of the energy market, which is expected to solve the financial problems of the sector and guarantee a fair price for household and industrial consumers, according to Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova.

Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant has reported a profit of around BGN 156 M for the first nine months of the year, according to Dimitar Angelov, CEO of the N-plant.

Angelov, as cited by the Bulgarian National Radio, made clear that the accounting profit of the Kozloduy NPP for the first six months of stood at BGN 116 000 000.

The process of extending the life of unit 5 of Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant may be delayed by a year, according to Bogomil Manchev, President of the Bulgarian Atomic Forum (BULATOM).

Unit 6 of Bulgaria's Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) was shut down for a planned annual overhaul on Saturday.

During the planned overhaul, the necessary repair works and maintenance of the equipment and the systems of the unit will be carried out.

The reactor will be also recharged with fresh nuclear fuel, the website of the nuclear power plant informs.

AES and ContourGlobal thermal power plants, alongside renewable energy sources, will remain the primary sources in the energy mix of Bulgaria, a recent document shows.

The lates pricing decision of energy watchdog KEVR shows that AES Martiza East 1 and ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 sets theire share in Bulgaria's energy system at 20% and 25.2%, respectively.

Dimitar Angelov, CEO of Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant, has complained that the N-plant lost long-term contracts for the sale of electricity as a result of the postponement of the new regulatory period.

The construction of a new generating unit at Bulgaria's sole Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP) will cost USD 5.3 B.

The price had been specified diring a meeting between Energy MinisterTemenuzhka Petkova and the visiting Special Envoy to US Secretary of State John Kerry, Amos Hochstein, according to BGNES.

The revenues of Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant will increase by BGN 56 M after units 5 and 6 see their capacity increased by 4% to 104%, according to calculations of Nikita Hristov, senior nuclear energy expert at Risk Engineering.

The TVEL Fuel Company, a subsidiary of ROSATOM, is to supply and load modernized fuel into one of the reactors of Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant in 2016, according to a senior official of the company.