ContourGlobal installs 500 MWh standalone BESS facility in Bulgaria
ContourGlobal inaugurated a standalone battery energy storage system of 202 MW. It is participating in Bulgaria’s day-ahead and intraday electricity markets.
Coal power plant Maritsa East 3 plans to build solar plant, 200 MW battery system
Maritsa East 3 plans to use the existing grid infrastructure for the green energy project, says Vasil Shtonov, CEO of ContourGlobal Bulgaria
Bulgaria grants EUR 587 million to 82 battery storage projects
Developers of 82 standalone battery projects in Bulgaria, for an overall 9.71 GWh in capacity, got approval for EUR 587 million in subsidies
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
Coal power plants in Bulgaria cutting production amid losses, pollution breaches
Coal plants in Bulgaria have halved output as renewables and gas power are cheaper and due to CO2 emission costs and pollution control
ContourGlobal urges Bulgaria to help coal plants for sake of energy security
CEO of ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 Vassil Shtonov said Bulgaria needs to keep coal plants afloat until large gas power plants are built
US-based KKR set to take over ContourGlobal
US-based KKR is set to take over Bulgarian thermal power plant Maritsa East 3, as well as wind and solar capacities in Austria and Italy