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
BESS factory of 1.5 GWh per year opening near Sofia in Bulgaria
IPS, a Bulgarian manufacturer of battery energy storage systems, is about to launch operations at its new facility near Sofia
Decarbonization of Southeastern European region: both renewables and nuclear are speeding up
Representatives of state-owned utilities and independent power producers discussed at BEF 2025 the different approaches to decarbonization in the region
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
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
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
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
