Bulgaria’s ESO joins European balancing platform PICASSO
Bulgaria's Electricity System Operator became the first TSO in Southeast Europe to connect to cross-border balancing platform PICASSO
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
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.
ESO registers 45.5% surge in green electricity in Bulgarian transmission grid
ESO said total volume of wind, solar and biomass in the transmission grid jumped 45.5% from the beginning of 2024 on a year-to-year basis
Investors plan 17,500 MW of new renewable energy capacity by 2033 in Bulgaria – TSO
The majority, 85% of 17,500 MW of renewable energy projects, are for solar power plants, the country's TSO ESO said
East-West Energy Corridor to extend from Turkey to Montenegro
Bulgaria's ESO received a grant from the US for a feasibility study for the proposed East-West Energy Corridor between Turkey and Montenegro
Bulgaria to add 1,500 MW of solar power capacity in 2024
Dimitar Zarchev said there is a need for flexibility capacity for times of surplus production of energy, to use it when it is needed
Green electricity corridor envisaged to run from Greece to Poland
A proposed corridor between Greece and Poland would carry solar power from the Balkans to northwestern Europe and wind power in the opposite direction