5 days ago · The Association for Production, Storage, and Trading of Electricity (APSTE) has published a report on the technological development and market
This significant milestone marks the system as Bulgaria''s largest BESS project to date, jointly developed by Kehua and Solarpro, the largest energy EPC company in Eastern Europe and a
Jul 11, 2024 · Bulgaria has installed between 40 MWh and 50 MWh battery energy storage capacity to date. However, a new national legislation as well as funds provided through the
May 27, 2025 · A BESS facility of 124.1 MW in operating power was inaugurated in Lovech in Bulgaria. Located next to a photovoltaic park within Balkan Industrial Park, it is part of the
Jun 2, 2025 · International Power Supply (IPS), a Bulgarian manufacturer of battery energy storage systems, is about to launch operations at its new facility near Sofia. Its latest model
Jan 17, 2025 · Bulgaria''s standalone energy storage tender, which aimed to procure at least 3 GWh of cumulative usable capacity, ultimately awarded more than three times that amount.
Dec 5, 2024 · Could you give our readers an overview of your energy storage project in Razlog, Bulgaria? The project is the first utility-scale Battery Energy
6 days ago · The ZBC range of battery energy storage systems come in 10 feet and 20 feet high cube containers. These containers are designed to meet the requirements for off and on-grid
Nov 15, 2023 · Stationary battery manufacturer Hithium and solar project EPC provider Solarpro have announced a strategic partnership, with their first large
The EnerC+ container is a battery energy storage system (BESS) that has four main components: batteries, battery management systems (BMS), fire suppression systems (FSS), and thermal
March 12, 2024 – Wenergy has reached a significant milestone in its partnership with Bulgaria''s prominent power institution, PSE. The two parties have signed an Authorized Distributor
Jan 6, 2025 · Approximately 200 million EUR investments to encourage the combination of new renewables with local electricity storage facilities (totaling around 200 MW); Transformation of
Aug 4, 2023 · storage is hindering Bulgaria in the development of an energy storage market. Furthermore, Bulgaria''s energy legislation and grid codes have been historically written with
Jul 23, 2024 · Stationary battery manufacturer Hithium has successfully deployed the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Eastern Europe to date, with a capacity of
The project, the largest in Eastern Europe, has been realised by Solarpro, a company specialising in energy generation and storage solutions across Europe. The facility became operational in early June 2024, following the installation of Hithium’s 16 energy storage containers, each with a 3.44MWh capacity.
ablish a reliable energy system with greater share of intermittent generation. In the context of Bulgaria’s energy landscape, energy storage solutions present a diverse array of benefits to various stakeholders stemming fro its unique ability to time-shift energy and rapidly respond when called upon. The applic
storage can also ofer greater flexibility and eficiency in managing the grid. Furthermore, and although hydropower storage already makes up a significant source of peaking capacity in Bulgaria, battery-based energy storage can address peaking needs during times of droughts, meet requirements for more distributed peaking po
ity came from thermal power stations, and only 7 percent from solar and wind1. Historically, Bulgaria has also been a major producer and exporter of electricity for the surrounding region with a total of 10 inte connectors spread across Romania, Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece, and Turkey. The country thus has a critical role in driving a more s
et (where all businesses buy power) in Bulgaria are currently highly volatile. In 2022, Bulgaria saw wholesale electricity prices that were among the
d a glimpse of the new challenges Bulgaria will face on its energy transition. In May 20 3, Bulgaria was for the first time in a decade a net importer of electricity2. The reason for this was not a lack of generating capacity, but instead the natural logic of power markets seeking the
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