Dimitar Enchev, Co-Founder and CEO of CWP Europe joins 🎙Redefining Energy to spotlight why Southeast Europe is at the heart of Europe’s renewable energy future – not just for returns, but for resilience, economic competitiveness, and energy independence. With key Western markets reaching saturation, SEE stands out as a region where renewables can truly scale and deliver impact. From wind decorrelation to storage potential, this conversation explores why SEE holds the key to a balanced and secure European energy system.
🎙️Ep183. Energy Security from the front line: Eastern Europe and Renewables #applepodcast https://lnkd.in/dhTv48S #spotify https://lnkd.in/ditGthT Laurent Segalen remembers vividly his trip to Sofia in winter 2009 when the Russians had cut the gas for Bulgaria during a -15C winter. Russia was already playing hard ball because of (guess what) a financial disagreement with Ukraine. The blackmail lasted 3 weeks, and the poor Bulgarians were cutting the trees from their equivalent of Hyde Park or Central Park not to freeze to death. Lots of progress has been made since then, and Eastern Europe is an emerging bright spot of development for Renewables. It is not just about Economics but also about Security of Supply. Gerard Reid and Laurent bring in Dimitar Enchev, Cofounder & CEO Europe at CWP Global - a global renewable energy company, behind some of the largest projects in Southeast Europe. CWP has been active since 2007 and developed the largest projects in Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, including Europe’s largest onshore wind farm for 10 years – a 600MW project in Romania and has now partnered with Mercuria, one of the largest energy trading houses in the world. They discuss how Eastern Europe felt the largest blunt of Russia’s Energy War and how they have been accustomed to living, surviving and thriving with a hostile and aggressive neighbour, always prompt to weaponize energy. Is Europe “bringing a knife to a gunfight” when it comes to countering Russia? We explain how opportunities have risen from this difficult environment and how the decorrelation of wind and solar between the East and West of the Continent, and a continuous integration with the global European Grid creates significant investment opportunities. It is about Transmission, Resilience, Hybridization and digitization.
CWP Global A great interview. Thank you