Bulgaria and other Eastern and Central European EU member states are calling for stronger financial support for the clean energy transition, as Brussels prepares to revise the EU Emissions Trading System and set the next rules for Europe’s carbon market beyond 2030. The request, reported by Reuters, was made in
Bulgaria’s power sector is entering a new phase. After several years in which solar development dominated the country’s renewable energy story, attention is now shifting to the infrastructure needed to manage that generation. Battery energy storage is moving quickly from a niche investment category into one of the most closely
Before a single server is installed, a data center project has already won or lost part of its future. The project is often shaped much earlier, at the point where land, grid access, power availability, fiber connectivity, and construction readiness either support the business case or quietly weaken it. Much
Bulgaria’s latest electricity figures show a power system that is no longer moving along one simple line. Production is rising, but consumption is rising faster. Baseload generation is falling, while renewables, hydropower and battery storage are taking a larger role in the balance. The export surplus remains positive, but it
Bulgaria is moving rapidly into the front ranks of Europe’s battery energy storage market, with installed battery energy storage system capacity reaching 3.3 GW by May 2026, according to a new SeeNext analysis on the country’s decarbonisation progress. The pace of deployment marks one of the most striking shifts in
Europe’s next data center competition will not be won on land alone. It will be won by whoever can deliver reliable power first. That was the central argument at DataCenter Forum Romania 2026 in Bucharest, where infrastructure leaders examined how artificial intelligence is transforming the logic behind data center investment.
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