Plovdiv – Maritsa East Line is a 400kV overhead line with a length of 100km from Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, to Maritsa East, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
The project, which is currently in the planning stage, is expected to be commissioned in 2022.
Description
Plovdiv – Maritsa East Line is an overhead line that will be operated by Electroenergien Sistemen Operator. The line will carry alternating current (AC) through double circuit cable.
Approximately $25m was financed by the authorities to undertake the construction works of the project.
Plovdiv – Maritsa East Line project development status
The construction works on the Plovdiv – Maritsa East Line project will be commenced in 2021 and commissioning is expected in 2022.
About Electroenergien Sistemen Operator
Electroenergien Sistemen Operator EAD (EOS), subsidiary of Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania EAD, is the electricity system operator. The company plans, coordinates and controls electrical power system of the Republic of Bulgaria. EOS operates, maintains and monitors functioning of the power transmission network and auxiliary networks. Its National Dispatching Center operates the national power transmission system and performs the functions of centralized real time dispatching, control and supervision of the electrical power system. EOS is headquartered in Sofia , Bulgaria.
Methodology
All publicly-announced T&D Line & Substation projects included in this analysis are drawn from GlobalData’s Power IC. The information regarding the projects is sourced through secondary information sources such as country specific utility players, company news and reports, statistical organisations, regulatory body, government planning reports and their publications and is further validated through primary from various stakeholders such as power utility companies, consultants, energy associations of respective countries, government bodies and professionals from leading players in the power sector.
