Bulgaria's Filkab Solar begins construction of 8MW PV plant near Plovdiv

• Bulgarian renewable energy company Filkab Solar, part of regional electric devices maker Filkab, has begun the building and construction of a 4.5 million euro ($5.3 million) solar park with 8MW capacity near the city of Plovdiv, regional media reported.

The capitalist in the project is a manufacturing business based in the town of Asenovgrad, in Plovdiv region, which will certainly make use of the electrical energy produced by the solar (PV) facility for its very own requirements just, service news electrical outlet Capital.bg reported recently.

The website has currently obtained every one of the required licenses. Building and construction works are expected to be completed by the end of this year, Capital.bg priced quote Atanas Tanchev, executive director of Filkab, as saying.

In 2015, Capital.bg reported that Filkab planned to invest an estimated 9 million euro in the construction of a 15 MW solar park for its own demands. Works on the project, to be located near Plovdiv, are at a beginning, however the building will perhaps start as very early as 2021, Tanchev claimed at the time.

Plovdiv-based Filkab is been experts in the supply, distribution and trade in electric equipment such as cables as well as wires, wire installations and also devices, electrical and automation gadgets, illumination and also electric products. The business is also energetic in the delivery of equipment for renewable energy setups with its system Filkab Solar, according to info released on its website.