During this year, Bulgaria announced a call for grants for standalone energy storage units. The Bulgarian Ministry of Energy then prepared over 580 million euros in grants for these projects.
The proposals received for the RESTORE program, initiated by the Bulgarian Ministry of Energy as part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), were approximately four times greater than the available budget of over 580 million euros, designated for standalone energy storage systems. By the deadline of December 5th, 151 projects were submitted with a total value of nearly 2.55 billion euros. Shortly thereafter, the ministry announced and confirmed that it had received proposals worth nearly five billion leva.
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The government aims to secure at least 3 GWh of guaranteed storage capacity for the electrical grid through this call, although calculations show that with optimized budget conditions, a capacity twice as large could be achieved.
All storage systems must be operational by March 2026.
In the previous call for projects targeting storage systems, projects were selected; however, contracts have not yet been signed, reflecting certain logistical and administrative challenges in the sector and raising concerns.
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