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Bulgaria-Turkey-Georgia regional energy and transport links

Overview

Bulgaria and Turkey continue to advance regional connectivity through land, air, and rail transport, alongside digital and energy cooperation. Recent discussions between Bulgarian and Turkish officials have focused on strengthening economic exchange and adapting the agreement between Bulgargaz and BOTAŞ to current market conditions to facilitate natural gas supplies. Infrastructure efforts include the proposed 71 km Odrin - Lesovo - Elhovo - Yambol railway line to alleviate congestion at the Kapitan Andreevo - Kapıkule border crossing.

On a broader scale, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Bulgaria are negotiating a land-based electricity transit corridor to facilitate electricity supplies to Europe through Georgian territory. Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar has formally announced this green energy interconnector project, describing it as the ‘TANAP of electricity.’

The project, which saw preliminary preparations during COP29 in Baku, will be developed in stages. The initial phase will utilize existing infrastructure, including the 700-megawatt connection between Türkiye and Georgia, as well as existing links between Azerbaijan and Georgia, and Türkiye and Bulgaria. Future stages aim to increase transmission capacity, with the potential to connect the wider Turkic world if integrated with agreements involving Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

Entities

Bulgaria · BulgarGaz · Georgia · Azerbaijan-Georgia-Türkiye-Bulgaria electricity interconnection project · Rumen Radev

Timeline

  1. about 3 hours ago

    [BUSINESS] 2 sources
    Azerbaijan-Georgia-Türkiye-Bulgaria electricity interconnection project announced

    Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced a green energy project to connect the electricity systems of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye, and Bulgaria, potentially linking the Turkic world.

  2. 28 days ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 2 sources
    Georgia and neighbors negotiate electricity transit corridor

    Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Bulgaria are negotiating an electricity transit corridor to Europe, while Armenia and Azerbaijan mark progress in peace talks following the Washington summit.

  3. 29 days ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 6 sources
    Bulgaria and Turkey discuss energy and transport connectivity

    Bulgarian and Turkish officials met to discuss enhanced regional connectivity, focusing on energy cooperation, natural gas transit via Bulgargaz and BOTAŞ, and new railway infrastructure projects.

Sources

accc.org.uk · az.trend.az · burgasinfo.com · bzc.ro · dallastexaswebdesignco.com · dariknews.bg · en.trend.az · gandul.ro · newsweek.ro · stirileprotv.ro

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