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Interest in co-locating solar PV with energy storage is increasing in Southern Europe, as grid curtailments and negative or near zero prices for solar PV become more frequent.

Italian solar manufacturing machinery producer Ecoprogetti has installed a new, 250MW automated production line at a facility in Bulgaria.

Greek renewables developer Mytilineos and regional utility PPC Group have signed a new deal to develop and construct 2GW of solar PV assets in Southeastern Europe.

The investment aims to increase the share of clean energy in Bulgaria's energy mix by supporting the construction renewables into the grid.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has backed a €25 million (US$27 million) investment into a 112.5MW solar PV project in north-eastern Bulgaria.

Bulgaria has started a public consultation on the country's first renewable auction, with an available capacity of 570MW for wind and solar.

Czech independent power producer (IPP) Rezolv Energy has acquired the rights to build and operate a 229MW solar plant in Bulgaria.

Jonathan Touriño Jacobo caught up with Vladimir Tabutov, founder and CEO of Bulgarian solar power project developer HEC Solar, following Solar Media’s Large Scale Solar Europe event in Lisbon, Portugal. They spoke about recent and upcoming changes in the Bulgarian regulations regime for adopting renewable energy technology.

JinkoSolar has announced that it will supply 220,000 of its Tiger Neo bifacial solar modules to the 123MW Verila solar plant in Bulgaria.

Jonathan Touriño Jacobo explores how Eastern and Southern European countries have emerged in the race as key players for the European Union to reach 740GW of solar capacity installed by 2030.