Balgarianovinite.com A grant of EUR 29 million under the Connecting Europe Facility has been secured for investments by the Electricity System Operator (ESO) in Bulgaria’s electricity transmission network under the joint Bulgarian-Romanian project “CARMEN: Smart Grids Increasing Renewable Energy Sources and Interconnectivity in Southeastern Europe”, ESO said on Friday.
Investments worth more than EUR 59 million will be implemented on Bulgarian territory, with 50% covered by non-repayable European funding.
The project is being carried out by Bulgaria’s ESO, Romania’s electricity distribution operator Delgaz and the Romanian electricity transmission operator Transelectrica. The total budget of the project amounts to nearly EUR 208 million, half of which is grant funding.
The agreement on the grant financing was signed in Copenhagen during an official ceremony held within the framework of the annual Energy Infrastructure Forum chaired by European Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jorgensen.
Under the project, by the end of 2032 Bulgaria plans to reconstruct, expand and introduce automated management systems at the Dobrudzha, Varna, Gorna Oryahovitsa, Mizia and Balkan substations. Passive optical rings for a telecommunications network will also be built on overhead power lines with a total length of more than 1,100 km, including two of the interconnections with Romania – the 400 kV Druzhba and 400 kV Saedinenie transmission lines. Active optical telecommunications rings will also be built at all substations managed by ESO.
The investments on Bulgarian territory aim to modernize the electricity transmission network and increase its capacity in Northeastern Bulgaria in order to utilize the potential for green electricity generation, expand green hydrogen production technologies and ensure the transmission of renewable electricity along the priority North-South corridor.
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