PPC to expand green energy portfolio with 88 MW solar park in Bulgaria

PPC Group is strengthening its starring relation successful the vigor transition successful Southeastern Europe, expanding its greenish portfolio with the statement for the handover, upon completion, and commissioning of the 88 MW solar parkland under operation successful the Karlovo portion of cardinal Bulgaria.

The task is already being constructed by Chint Green Energy, a subsidiary of Chint Group, which owns Astronergy, 1 of the largest photovoltaic sheet manufacturers successful the world. The parkland will beryllium delivered to PPC Group aft completion of operation and commissioning successful the archetypal 4th of 2026.
The task is ideally located successful an country with precocious sunshine rates, adjacent to 1 of the main load centers of Bulgaria (Plovdiv) with casual entree and bully existing infrastructure, while it is lone 150 kilometers from the capital, Sofia.

For the operation of the photovoltaic park, 18.5 thousand bifacial panels of the institution Astronergy, 264 string inverters and 12 HV/MV procreation substations will beryllium used. The photovoltaic sheet support system consists of single-axis trackers, which diagnostic progressive sheet predisposition and built-in back-tracking algorithms to summation the productivity of the station.

Annual accumulation of 140 GWh, covering the vigor needs of 23,500 households

The estimated yearly vigor accumulation of the task is expected to scope 140 GWh, an magnitude susceptible of covering the vigor needs of much than 23,500 households, while the cognition of the task is expected to forestall the emanation of astir 70 thousand tons of CO2 per year.
“The PPC radical is steadily advancing successful the enlargement of its portfolio successful Southeastern Europe, arsenic described successful the three-year strategic program 2025 – 2027. After the 165 MW photovoltaic works that we started to conception successful the Stara Zagora region, we are strengthening our beingness successful Bulgaria with different important task that contributes to the group’s vision for a sustainable transition to greenish vigor not lone successful Greece, but besides passim Southeastern Europe,” PPC vice president Konstantinos Mavros said.

RES portfolio

PPC Group started two months agone the operation of the 165 MWp photovoltaic powerfulness works successful the Stara Zagora portion successful cardinal Bulgaria, arsenic well arsenic an vigor storage station, with a nominal powerfulness of 25 MW and an installed capableness of 55 MWh, adjacent the photovoltaic park. At the aforesaid time, PPC Group already operates a wind workplace with an installed capableness of 18 MW successful Northern Bulgaria.
PPC Group presently has a total portfolio of RES projects with an installed capableness of 6.2 GW successful Greece, Romania, Italy and Bulgaria. The extremity of the group’s concern program is to summation the installed capableness from RES to 11.8 GW by 2027.