How BiH, Croatia, Serbia TSOs reconnected two grid regions of Continental Europe synchronous area
The Continental Europe synchronous area broke down and split into two grid regions in January.
Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia link intraday markets with 14 EU countries via SIDC project
In the second wave of the European Single Intraday Coupling (SIDC, formerly XBID) project, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovenia have successfully linked intraday markets with fourteen countries active in operational work since June 2018. The second wave will enable continuous cross-border trading of electricity in the intraday timeframe across seven countries […]
IPTO, ESO, Transelectrica agree on Thessaloniki as seat of new SEE Regional Security Coordinator
IPTO, ESO and Transelectrica have agreed on establishing a new Regional Security Coordinator (RSC) for Southeast Europe in Thessaloniki, Greece, following long negotiations between the Greek TSO, the Bulgarian TSO and ENTSO-E. All the stakeholders have confirmed the decision for Thessaloniki to be the location of the new SEE RSC and all three NRAs have […]
ESO, IPTO, Transelectrica sign MoU on establishing Regional Coordination Center
Power transmission system operators (TSOs) ESO (Bulgaria), IPTO (Greece), and Transelectrica (Romania) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on key steps toward establishing a Regional Coordination Center (RCC). The three TSOs’ area is part of the South-East Europe (SEE) Capacity Calculation Region (CCR). The EU has 10 Capacity Calculation Regions. Bulgarian TSO ESO will […]
ESO receives grant for Maritsa-Nea Santa power line, CESEC updates Electricity Action Plan
The Bulgarian Electricity System Operator (ESO) and the Innovations and Networks Executive Agency of the European Commission have signed a EUR 28.6 million grant agreement under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the construction of the Bulgarian section of the 400 kV power line Maritsa East (Bulgaria)-Nea Santa (Greece). The agreement was signed during the […]
Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Albania sign memorandum on day-ahead market coupling
The transmission system operators (TSOs) of Bulgaria – ESO, North Macedonia – MEPSO, and Albania – OST have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which envisages the day-ahead market (DAM) coupling. The MoU was signed by ESO CEO Angelin Tsachev, MEPSO CEO Sasho Vasilevski, and OST CEO Skerdi Drenova in Sofia. According to ESO’s press […]
Kick-off meeting held for Croatia-Serbia-Bulgaria market coupling project
The kick-off meeting for the initiation of a trilateral power market coupling project between Croatia, Serbia, and Bulgaria (HR-RS-BG) was successfully held on February 13 in Belgrade, the South East European Power Exchange (SEEPEX) said on its website. The meeting was attended by all main stakeholders – transmission system operators (TSOs) HOPS, EMS, and ESO, […]
Slovenia, Bulgaria receive EUR 76 million in EU financing for cross-border power lines
EU Member States have approved EUR 48.2 million in aid under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to Slovenian transmission system operator (TSO) ELES for the construction of the first power line between Slovenia and Hungary, as well as EUR 28.6 million to Bulgarian TSO ESO for the construction of the power line between Bulgaria and […]