Tokyo, 22 March, /AJMEDIA/
Currently, 87 percent of the funds for the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) have been utilized, the ICGB, the interconnector’s operator, told AJMEDIA.
“The rest will be spent on finishing works,” said the company.
The total value of the project is EUR 253 million, which is secured through funding from the shareholders BEH and IGI Poseidon, EUR 109.9 million in the form of a loan from the EIB, EUR 45 million under the European Energy Program for Recovery (EEPR) and EUR 39 million allocated under the Operational Program “Innovations and Competitiveness” (OPIC 2014-2020).
The Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria began commercial operation on October 1, 2022.
Since the beginning of the current heating season, the interconnector provides nearly 1/3 of the winter consumption of natural gas in Bulgaria. IGB is the first route for diversified supplies of natural gas to Bulgaria, guaranteeing increased security of supply and diversity of sources, contributing significantly to the competition in the natural gas market, which is a prerequisite for optimized prices for businesses and domestic consumers in the country.
