Bulgaria applied to Brussels for over EUR 1.5 billion for the implementation of projects in the energy sector. The money should come from the new mechanism named "Connected Europe", Standart daily reports citing mediapool.bg.

Bulgaria's bidding projects cover almost the entire spectrum of the country's energy sector: entirely internal areas and cross-border connections alike and mainly affect the expansion of the capacity of transmission lines with neighboring Greece and Romania.

Also, Bulgaria will fight for EU funding for the development of the existing cables between Plovdiv and Burgas and Dobrogea and Burgas.

Bulgaria will also apply to several projects in the gas sector. One is to expand the capacity of the country's only storage facility in Chiren. The idea of the construction of a second storage on the territory of Bulgaria has been on the table for long.

A new instrument will be looking for gas interconnections with Greece and Serbia.

Bulgaria will also apply for increasing the capacity of the existing pipeline to southwestern neighbors.

The documents include a draft of the new interconnector with Turkey.

 

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