Country Info Bulgaria

Bulgaria is situated in South East Europe and ranges over an area of about 110.000 km². It has about 7.5 million inhabitants and is divided into 28 districts. In 2007 Bulgaria became a member of the European Union and therefore it has to comply to the legal guidelines set up by the EU.

As a member of the EU, Bulgaria has to increase its share in Renewable Energy production. To reach this goal the Government of Bulgaria passed the 'Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources and Biofuels Act' in 2007. The national goal of Bulgaria is to increase the share of Renewable Energies in net electricity energy consumption to 11 % till 2010 (16% till 2020). >> Read complete country report.