Bulgaria’s NEK to equip five hydropower plants with battery storage
In addition to a 10 MWh pilot project at Vacha 1, NEK plans to add battery energy storage systems (BESS) to four other hydropower plants
United Group enters renewables market with investment in Bulgaria
Telecommunications and media company United Group has announced a EUR 120 million investment in renewables.
Bulgaria boosts renewables capacity by 938 MW in 2024
Renewables capacity increased by 938 MW in Bulgaria last year, compared to the addition of over 1.2 GW in photovoltaics in 2023
Solarpro building 174 MW solar park in Romania for CWP Europe
CWP Europe's contractor Solarpro is expected to complete a 174 MW photovoltaic facility in Romania in mid-2025
Coal plant ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 restarted to preserve energy security in Bulgaria
ContourGlobal is returning half of Maritsa East 3 in Bulgaria to the grid, to operate at least until the end of March
Toshiba, Voith, ABB to repair Bulgaria’s Chaira pumped storage hydropower plant
Bulgaria's NEK signed contracts for units 1 and 3 of the Chaira system with Toshiba and the consortium Voith-ABB, respectively
Bulgaria signs EUR 166 million in grants to boost grid for renewables
The first group of investments under the Greenabler project is worth EUR 568 million and is planned for financing from the EU's Modernisation Fund.
Wrecked pumped storage hydropower plant Chaira gets one unit back online
One of four units in the Chaira pumped storage facility is back on the grid, the first repaired after the entire system crashed in 2022
