The fifth joint work meeting of the General Assembly and Advisory Board of the National Scientific Infrastructure for Energy Storage and Hydrogen Energy (NSI ESHER) project was held on 19 and 20 June at IEES-BAS. The meeting was attended by more than 60 scientists from a total of 13 organisations. On the first day, the development of the project and the main achievements so far were reported. A summary overview of the achieved results was presented by the project coordinator and Director of IEES-BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva. Module 1 "Integrated Laboratories" - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eli Grigorova from IGIC-BAS; Module 2 "Infrastructure Platforms for High Technology Developments" - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Blagoy Burdin and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Borislav Abrashev, IEES-BAS; and Module 3 [...]

Declaration on the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Battery Alliance (EBA250) was signed on 24 April 2023 in Sofia TechPark. The document was signed by Marcin Wasilewski, Chief Executive Officer of EIT InnoEnergy for Central Europe and Bogdan Bogdanov, Executive Director of InvestBulgaria Agency (IBA). IBA will be the official representative of our country in the European Battery Alliance. The ceremony was attended by President Rumen Radev, EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Mariya Gabriel, Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Pekanov, Minister of Innovation and Growth Alexander Pulev, Minister of Economy and Industry Nikola Stoyanov, Minister of Energy Rossen Hristov, representatives of business, science and education.  Among the invitees were also Corr. Mem. Evelina Slavcheva, Director of the Institute [...]

Information on the development of CoC "HITMOBIL" was presented at a press conference The registration of the first hydrogen electric car in Bulgaria is already a fact and its owner is IEES-BAS.  The Hyundai Nexo electric vehicle has been purchased under a public procurement procedure for the supply and warranty support of an electric vehicle with hydrogen fuel cells required for the establishment/upgrading of the research infrastructure of Laboratory 5: "HIT for Energy Storage and Electromobility" - part of the HITMOBIL Centre of Competence project. It was presented during the interim press conference of the project held on 30 March 2023. Powering the Hyundai Nexo is an electric motor with 120 kW of power and a maximum torque of 395 Nm. Power for driving, as [...]

The Eureka Prize for Young Inventor was awarded to Elitsa Petkucheva from BAS as co-author in the invention "Method of synthesis of electrode for application as electrocatalyst for the reaction of oxygen evolution". The award was presented by the President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of the Academy, at the award ceremony of the 2022 Eureka Prize winners. The ceremony took place on 31 January in the National Palace of Culture. The event was organized by the Eureka Foundation. The invention concerns new catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction, methods for their production and potential application. The aim of the invention is to obtain new catalysts with excellent catalytic activity by using accessible materials and simple and inexpensive activation procedures. A promising [...]

  BAS awarded with Honorary Plaque GOLDEN the Institute The Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy (INRNE) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences celebrated 50 years since its establishment with a solemn assembly which was held in “Prof. Marin Drinov" Hall of the Academy. The Institute was awarded a honorary plaque GOLDEN by BAS. The award is for outstanding contribution to the development of modern fundamental and applied research in the field of nuclear physics, theoretical and mathematical physics, rector physics, etc. and on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its foundation. The Vice President of BAS Corr. Mem. Stefan Hadjidodorov presented the plaque and a congratulatory address on behalf of the Academy's leadership to the Director, Assoc. Prof. Lachezar Georgiev. The fundamental [...]

Scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and higher education institutions in the country presented in “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of BAS presented the results of their research under the National Programme "Low Carbon Energy for Transport and Domestic Use" (EPLUS). The information meeting was opened by the head of the programme, Acad. Konstantin Hadjiivanov, who presented the partners and the main tasks for the research teams. The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of the Academy, welcomed the participants in the forum and said that the participation in the national scientific programmes of researchers from BAS and universities is an example of good interaction between them. Within the framework of the EPLUS programme, demonstration research projects have also been funded. A demonstration [...]