Renalfa IPP repowers Devnya photovoltaic park to 65 MWp
Published by Abby Butler,
Editorial Assistant
Energy Global,
Renalfa IPP has completed the repowering and hybridisation of another generating asset from its portfolio – the Devnya photovoltaic (PV) plant in Northeastern Bulgaria.
The Devnya PV plant had nominal capacity of 5 MWp and has been operating since 2011. After the repowering, the solar park now has an installed capacity of 65 MWp and has been hybridised with a co-located battery energy storage system (BESS) with capacity of 60 MW/165 MWh. Solarpro Bulgaria acted as project manager and EPC contractor.
This is another of Renalfa IPP’s assets that has been repowered and hybridised following to the company’s strategy for maximising the available grid connection by co-locating BESS to PV, optimising the value of the production profile and the sale of green baseload products. In November 2025 Renalfa IPP completed the repowering of its PV park Kaolinovo in Northeast Bulgaria. Project Kaolinovo was repowered from 10 MWp to an installed capacity of 60 MWp and hybridised with a co-located BESS with a capacity of 33 MW/110 MWh.
Renalfa IPP is an Austrian joint venture between Renalfa Solarpro Group, a clean energy and e-mobility company based in Vienna, and French renewable energy infrastructure fund manager, RGREEN INVEST.
Renalfa IPP is one of the leading investors and developers of renewable energy projects in Central and Eastern Europe with more than 806 MW of operation and generating assets and over 1 GWh of energy storage in operation. Renalfa IPP has another over 1.1 GW of generating projects and more than 3.5 GWh BESS in final stages of construction and development. The company is active in Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia.
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