Bulgaria

Aurubis has hired ESCO Bulgaria to mount the 2nd and also 3rd solar power plants at its copper smelter and refinery in Pridop, east of Sofia. The incorporated capacity is 13 MW while a project is under development for one more unit, of 20 MW.

Yettel Bulgaria and also CETIN Bulgaria, both part of the PPF Telecom Group, today revealed the signing of an off-take contract with Electrohold Trade under which they will certainly get electrical energy from a 123-MW solar energy plant.

In case there are no hold-ups, the building and construction of the Chirpan solar energy plant in Bulgaria can start this year. The 160 MW project is owned by Enery from Austria. It would currently be the biggest in the nation.

The Bulgarian government is welcoming applications under a BGN-200-million (USD 109.7 m/EUR 102.3 m) procedure targeted at giving financial support to regional firms looking to set up new solar-plus-storage systems.

German copper producer as well as recycler Aurubis AG (ETR: NDA) has put forward plans to spend EUR 530 million (USD 560.5 m) in several projects, consisting of in a scheme to greater than double the capacity of its solar park in Bulgaria to 24 MW.

The Bulgarian energy ministry recently released an examination on a new treatment to offer financial backing for families to mount solar equipment.

Sunotec, a solar construction firm based in Bulgaria and Germany, said on Friday it is developing Bulgaria's largest solar energy plant, a 124-MWp selection, at a hilly site in the Verila mountain range, and also expects to complete the project by the springtime of 2023.

SENS LSG constructed a 66 MW solar park near Plovdiv in just half a year. The joint venture of Steag and also LSG is preparing to begin mounting 50 MW a lot more in photovoltaic capacity in Bulgaria following month.

A draft file by the Electricity System Operator says that Bulgaria can add 5.9 GW of power by 2031 out of which 4.9 GW can be from eco-friendly sources of energy. ESO states that power export in wintertimes will not be possible and also possibilities in summers will certainly depend upon hydropower result.

Bulgarian synthetic fibre manufacturer Yambolen [BUL: YAMB] said on Friday that its shareholders authorized its strategy to sign a 5.8 million euro ($6.6 million) contract with local PV Consult for the design and also building of a 9,998.46 kWp solar park in the community of Yambol, in the southeast of the nation.

Bulgarian artificial fiber producer Yambolen [BUL: YAMB] stated it is looking for shareholders' approval to sign a 5.8 million euro ($6.6 million) contract with local PV Consult for the construction of a solar park in the town of Yambol.

German energy business RWE is marketing solar EPC and also O&M service provider Belectric to Czech utility CEZ, Germany's government competitors authority has revealed.

State-owned Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) said on Thursday that it will certainly fund the building of photovoltaic or pv (PV) plants for the demands of neighborhood companies.

Portugal-based renewable energy manufacturer Greenvolt stated that it broadened into the marketplaces of Bulgaria, Romania and Italy through its system V-Ridium, a Polish renewables developer.

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.