ContourGlobal commissions 500MWh battery storage project in Bulgaria

ContourGlobal has commissioned a artillery vigor retention strategy (BESS) successful Bulgaria with a full capableness of 500 megawatt-hours (MWh).

Located successful the Stara Zagora region, an important hub for manufacture and energy, the project’s commissioning ceremonial featured ContourGlobal CEO Antonio Cammisecra, Bulgaria’s Minister of Energy, Zhecho Stankov, and the Deputy Mayor of Galabovo, Eng. Planen Barakova.

The lawsuit was besides attended by section officials and representatives from the energy sector.

The stand-alone 202MW BESS plant, developed by ContourGlobal, is present afloat operational and actively engaged successful some the day-ahead and intraday segments of the nationalist energy market.

It contributes to enhanced powerfulness dispatch, amended balancing of energy proviso and demand, and smoother integration of renewable vigor sources, portion besides strengthening wide grid stableness and flexibility.

The ContourGlobal Maritsa BESS task received financing from the EU'S NextGenerationEU inaugural via Bulgaria’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan.

This installation covers an country of 25,000m² wrong the perimeter of the Maritsa East 3 (ME3 TPP) coal-fired powerfulness plant, utilizing the existing grid infrastructure to alteration accelerated deployment and creaseless integration into Bulgaria’s powerfulness system.

The 2 remaining progressive coal-fired units astatine ME3 TPP proceed to proviso energy during highest request periods, helping to safeguard the country’s vigor security.

Cammisecra said: “The commercialized cognition of our 202MW/500MWh BESS works represents a important measurement guardant for artillery retention improvement successful Bulgaria and underscores ContourGlobal’s quality to present large-scale retention solutions crossed antithetic markets and technologies.

“We person built a sizeable beingness successful artillery vigor storage, with this task successful Bulgaria representing a cardinal publication to our 3GWh [gigawatt-hour] portfolio of operating BESS projects.”

The BESS installation features artillery technology, comprising 110 artillery skids provided by BYD and 28 integrated powerfulness conversion strategy and transformer units.

These systems person nonstop existent from the batteries into alternating current, enabling transportation to the grid.

Leveraging this experience, ContourGlobal is presently constructing a 2nd 202MW BESS connected the aforesaid tract arsenic portion of signifier two.

In January 2025, ContourGlobal acquired a 446 megawatt-peak star photovoltaic portfolio successful the US.

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