ESCO starts construction of third PV plant for Aurubis Bulgaria

The solar park, Auribis 3, will be completed and put into operation at the copper producer's Pirdop plant by the end of 2024, ESCO Bulgaria said in a statement.

The Auribis 2 PV plant, with a capacity of 7 MWp, is also under construction and will be operational by the end of this year. The two projects are part of Aurubis' 800 million levs ($439 million/409 million euro) investment programme in Bulgaria.

In 2021, ESCO built Aurubis Bulgaria's first solar park, with an installed capacity of 10 MWp. When all three PV parks are completed, they will cover nearly 10% of the Pirdop plant's annual electricity consumption.

Last month, Aurubis said it plans to launch a fourth solar park next year, which would bring its total green energy capacity to 41 MWp.

ESCO Bulgaria, founded in 2017, specialises in the design of renewable energy systems, along with administrative procedures, equipment supply, construction and commissioning of the facilities. The company, part of local diversified group Synthetica [BUL:SYN], has completed over 130 energy efficiency projects.

(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)