REGULATION (EU) No 347/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure

Methodology and criteria for evaluating investments in electricity and gas infrastructure projects

Electricity sector

3.7.1 - Interconnection between Maritsa East 1 (BG) and N. Santa (EL)

Cluster

PCI 3.7.1 - belonging to cluster 3.7: Cluster Bulgaria - Greece between Maritsa East 1 and Nea Santa

Construction of a new AC 400 kV single-circuit interconnector (OHL) with a length of 151 km (122 km on Bulgarian territory and 29 km on Greek territory) and a capacity of 2000 MVA between Maritsa East (BG) and Nea Santa (EL) (onshore).

3.7.2 - Internal line between Maritsa East 1 and Plovdiv (BG)

Cluster

PCI 3.7.2 - belonging to cluster 3.7: Cluster Bulgaria - Greece between Maritsa East 1 and Nea Santa

A new AC 400kV line (OHL) between Maritsa East and Plovdiv with a length of 100 km and a capacity of 1700 MVA (onshore).

3.7.3 - Internal line between Maritsa East 1 and Maritsa East 3 (BG)

Cluster

PCI 3.7.3 – belonging to cluster 3.7: Cluster Bulgaria - Greece between Maritsa East 1 and Nea Santa

Construction of a new AC 400kV line (OHL) between substation Maritsa East and switchyard of TPP Maritsa East 3 with a length of 13 km and with a capacity of 1500 MW 1700 MVA (onshore).

3.7.4 - Internal line between Maritsa East 1 and Burgas (BG)

Cluster

PCI 3.7.4 - belonging to cluster 3.7: Cluster Bulgaria - Greece between Maritsa East 1 and Nea Santa

Construction of a new 400 kV AC line (OHL) of 150 km and with a capacity of 1700 MVA between Maritsa East and Burgas (onshore)

3.8.1 - Internal line between Dobrudja and Burgas (BG)

Cluster

PCI 3.8.1 - belonging to cluster 3.8: Cluster Bulgaria – Romania capacity increase

Construction of a new 400kV AC single-circuit line (OHL) of 87 km and with a capacity of 1700 MVA connecting Dobrudja (substation Varna) to Burgas (substation Burgas) (onshore)

3.23 - Hydro-pumped storage in Bulgaria - Yadenitsa

Natural gas sector

PCI 6.20.2 Chiren UGS expansion (BG)

PCI 6.8.3 Gas Interconnection Bulgaria-Serbia (IBS)

6.8.2 - "Rehabilitation, Modernization and Expansion of the Bulgarian Transmission System" - Phase 2