EU''s Largest BESS Project Now Online in Bulgaria
A battery energy storage system (BESS) described as the largest deployed to date in the European Union has been commissioned
It highlights the balancing issue in Bulgaria and the need for energy storage, but the projects are slow, Capital reported. Government-controlled electricity producer NEK is betting on pumped storage hydropower. The country hosts the largest so-called water battery in the Balkans, the Chaira facility.
n Union (EU).How can Different Energy Storage Applications Benefit Bulgaria?Energy storage applications play a vital role i the successful integration of renewable energy sources into electricity grid. They can bring the grid stability and resiliency crucial as a country strives to es
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
Most of the Bulgarian state-owned power utility's projects are in the initial phases. The national electricity system is increasingly facing periods of lots of excess electricity and shortages. It highlights the balancing issue in Bulgaria and the need for energy storage, but the projects are slow, Capital reported.
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