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Sungrow and Sunotec commission Enery’s 150 MW / 600 MWh Battery Storage Project in Bulgaria

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MUNICH and SOFIA, Bulgaria, June 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sungrow, a globally leading provider of PV inverters and energy storage systems (ESS), together with its partner Sunotec, an international integrator of large-scale renewable energy infrastructure, has successfully commissioned a 150 MW / 600 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Nova Zagora, Bulgaria. The project, developed and owned by Enery, one of the leading independent power producers in Central and Eastern Europe, utilizes Sungrow’s liquid-cooled ESS technology PowerTitan 2.0 and is financed through the Bulgarian Ministry of Energy’s national RESTORE program.

The installation is one of the largest battery storage projects in Bulgaria and marks an important milestone for the energy transition in Southeast Europe. The 150 MW / 600 MWh facility will enhance grid flexibility, support the integration of renewable energy, and strengthen the resilience of Bulgaria’s power system. It also represents the first major milestone under the partners’ broader energy storage collaboration announced at Intersolar 2025, which envisages up to 800 MWh of battery storage capacity in the Nova Zagora region, with further expansion of up to 1 GWh currently under consideration.

Anastasios Gkinis, Vice President at Sungrow Europe, responsible for SEE, CEE & CIS: “This project reflects the pace at which storage is becoming integral to energy systems in Southeast Europe. With PowerTitan 2.0, we’re delivering a solution that supports grid stability while helping unlock the next phase of clean energy deployment”.

Sunotec’s Founder and CEO, Kaloyan Velichkov, added: “Together with Sungrow, we are advancing one of Bulgaria’s most significant storage programmes to support the country’s transition towards more resilient energy deployment. By combining infrastructure and execution with long-term systems thinking, we are helping to future-proof Bulgaria’s energy grid. This is exactly where our integrated approach creates value.”

Petya Dimova, Head of Enery Portfolio Optimiziation: “The successful start of commercial operations at Nova Zagora BESS marks the beginning of the asset’s value creation journey. Through advanced optimization and active participation across power and balancing markets, the battery will provide critical flexibility to the grid while supporting the efficient integration of renewable energy”.

Ambitious Expansion Program in Bulgaria

The Nova Zagora project is part of a broader portfolio of energy storage projects jointly implemented by Sungrow and Sunotec in Bulgaria. Over the next two months, a total of 2.2 GWh of battery storage capacity is scheduled to be brought online. By the end of 2026, total capacity is expected to reach 3 GWh.

Pipeline projects include Knizhnovik Phase 1, a hybrid BESS and PV project with a capacity of 100 MW / 200 MWh, developed by Enery. The Nova Zagora project is among the first utility-scale stand-alone battery storage installations in Bulgaria to fully comply with national grid regulations.

With the phased commissioning of a total of 3 GWh of battery storage capacity by the end of 2026, both partners are making a significant contribution to the integration of renewable energy and to grid stability in the region.

PowerTitan 2.0: Cutting-Edge Technology for Grid Stability

The Nova Zagora project is powered by Sungrow’s liquid-cooled energy storage solution PowerTitan 2.0. Its compact system design optimizes land use and enables rapid installation, while its advanced cooling technology ensures temperature-controlled, cost-efficient, and safe operation.

PowerTitan 2.0 is already successfully deployed across numerous European markets and has proven its reliability under a wide range of grid and market conditions. Through funding under the Bulgarian RESTORE program, the project contributes to strengthening energy security and accelerating the integration of renewable energy into the national grid.

About Sungrow
Sungrow, a global leader in renewable energy technology, has pioneered sustainable power solutions for over 29 years. As of December 2025, Sungrow has installed 1000 GW of power electronic converters worldwide. The company is recognized as the world’s most bankable PV inverter and energy storage company (BloombergNEF). Its innovations power clean energy projects across the globe, supported by a network of 520+ service outlets guaranteeing excellent customer experience. At Sungrow, we’re committed to bridging to a sustainable future through cutting-edge technology and unparalleled service. For more information, please visit: www.sungrowpower.com/en.

About SUNOTEC
SUNOTEC is an international system integrator of large-scale renewable energy infrastructure, specialising in the design and delivery of integrated energy systems. The company combines energy generation, storage, grid infrastructure and lifecycle expertise to create reliable and future-ready energy solutions. Founded in 2012, SUNOTEC has delivered more than 680 photovoltaic installations with over 15 gigawatts of installed capacity and 6 GWh of battery energy storage projects across Europe and beyond. Headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria and Munich, Germany, the company combines international expertise with local execution. SUNOTEC employs over 2,000 professionals worldwide and continues to expand into new markets through strategic partnerships and joint ventures. For more information, please visit: www.sunotec-group.com

About Enery
Enery is an independent power producer committed to providing its customers with reliable, affordable, and long-term green energy solutions. The company operates a diversified portfolio with 2 GW under construction and in operation, generating 766 GWh of clean electricity annually – enough to power more than 1,002,121 households, while avoiding approximately 625,069 tonnes of CO₂ emissions each year. With a project pipeline of nearly 10 GW across 10 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Enery is playing a major role in advancing the energy transition in the region. In addition to developing, constructing, and operating renewable energy projects, Enery is also a leader in optimizing revenue streams for utility-scale generation and storage assets, managing more than 4 GWh of third-party battery storage capacity. Enery supplies industrial customers with around-the-clock green energy and is among the leading providers of corporate green PPAs in the region.

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RealNex Releases Major Navigator Enhancements to Power the Next Generation of CRE Brokerage Performance

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New release expands RealNex Navigator with KRM, RealNex Insights, RealNex Vault, RealNex Bridge, MarketEdge enhancements, and CRE Marketing Hub AI tools.

STAFFORD, Texas, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — RealNex, a commercial real estate technology company, today announced a major release of updates and enhancements to RealNex Navigator, its integrated platform for commercial real estate professionals.

The release includes the evolution of RealNex CRM into KRM — Knowledge and Relationship Management, embedded RealNex Insights Power BI dashboards, the launch of RealNex Vault, the upgraded RealNex Bridge transaction workflow, enhanced MarketEdge analysis and presentation tools, and CRE-trained AI tools powered through CRE Marketing Hub.

Together, the enhancements make RealNex Navigator a more connected platform for managing knowledge, sharpening strategy, and activating execution across the full CRE deal cycle. The result is what RealNex calls The CRE Intelligence Advantage: a more effective way to make brokerage knowledge measurable, visible, and actionable.

“Commercial real estate has always been a knowledge business — and the broker who knows their market deepest wins. Every AI tool in the world cannot change that. What we have built changes something more fundamental: it makes that knowledge measurable, visible, and actionable at a scale no individual broker could achieve alone.”

— Mark Kingston, Executive Chairman, RealNex

KRM reflects the reality that CRE professionals manage more than contacts. They manage properties, markets, companies, owners, tenants, activity, assignments, and transaction history. RealNex Insights turns live KRM data into Power BI dashboards covering pipeline health, market inventory, financial performance, production activity, and business development performance.

RealNex Vault is a purpose-built virtual deal room for commercial real estate, with staged bidder progression, tiered access, NDA e-signature, dynamic watermarking, two-factor authentication, audit trails, and bidder engagement analytics. Vault is included at no additional charge for MarketEdge and Navigator subscribers.

RealNex Bridge, formerly Transaction Manager, now includes a redesigned interface, nationwide commercial property database, direct MarketPlace and KRM integration, enhanced proposal comparison, and one-click branded PDF tour books.

MarketEdge enhancements include a refreshed UI, widget-based design editor, auto-sizing text, expanded demographics, and enhanced sale-leaseback and lease vs. buy reports.

CRE Marketing Hub AI tools are available to support property and market analysis, business development strategy, targeted marketing plans, content creation, underwriting and investment analysis, social media messaging, and video scripting.

All updates are live for RealNex subscribers as of September 9, 2026.

About RealNex

RealNex is a commercial real estate technology company providing an integrated platform including KRM — Knowledge and Relationship Management — MarketEdge, RealNex Bridge, RealNex Vault, and RealNex Insights, with AI tools powered through a partnership with CRE Marketing Hub. RealNex serves brokerage firms, leasing professionals, tenant representatives, investment sales teams, and property owners across the United States and internationally.

Media Contact: Sara Perez • 281.299.3161 • 416191@email4pr.comrealnex.com 

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97% of America’s Red-Eye Flights Take Off in the West, and Overnight Flying Is at a Record High, 26 Years of Federal Data Show

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Champion Traveler analysis of every US domestic flight since 2000 finds red-eyes concentrated in the Pacific and Mountain time zones, growing, and more reliable than daytime flights

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — About one in sixty US domestic flights is a red-eye, and 97 percent of them take off in the western United States, according to a new Champion Traveler analysis of 26 years of Bureau of Transportation Statistics flight records.

The study counted every scheduled domestic flight reported to the federal government from 2000 through 2025 and classified as a red-eye any flight scheduled to depart between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. and land between 3 a.m. and 10 a.m. local time. In 2025, 115,580 of 6.9 million flights met that definition.

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Red-eyes are a western phenomenon. 97 percent of 2025’s overnight flights departed from the Pacific and Mountain states plus Alaska and Hawaii, a share that has never fallen below 95 percent since 2000.The red-eye is at a record high. Overnight flights grew 54 percent, from 75,158 in 2000 to 115,580 in 2025, after a low in 2009 and a collapse in 2020.Anchorage is the red-eye capital by share: 26 percent of its departures are overnight flights. Los Angeles leads by count with 19,064. Las Vegas flew the most red-eyes in America in 2000, lost more than half by 2010, and has since recovered.The middle-of-the-night departure is disappearing. Flights leaving after midnight were 31 percent of red-eyes in 2000 and 14 percent in 2025.The legacy airlines lost the overnight market. American, Delta and United flew 97 percent of red-eyes in 2000 and 64 percent in 2025. Alaska Airlines is now the most red-eye-heavy carrier, and Southwest, which flew none for 25 years, took 5.6 percent of the market in its first year.Red-eyes are more reliable. In 2025, 82.4 percent arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, against 77.6 percent of other flights, and they were cancelled less often.

The geography has a simple cause. An overnight flight from the West Coast crosses three time zones and lands on the East Coast at breakfast; the same trip westbound would land in the middle of the night, so airlines schedule almost no overnight flights in that direction. Among the 300 busiest red-eye routes in the study, 82 percent land in the Central or Eastern time zones.

The full study, with a sortable table of every US airport’s red-eye departures in 2000, 2010, 2019 and 2025, airline shares back to 2000, departure hours, seasonality and reliability, is at https://championtraveler.com/news/red-eye-flights-share-of-us-flights/. Journalists can request data for any airport, airline or route.

About Champion Traveler: Champion Traveler publishes data-driven travel research, including the Best Time to Travel tool covering more than 35,000 destinations, the Air Quality Travel Index and the Flyover States study. Champion Traveler is operated by Terra Lake Data, an enterprise data company.

Media contact: Edwin Ivanauskas, (385) 462-2956, 422341@email4pr.com 

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Rentvine Names Nat Kunes as CEO as Its AI Platform Enters Its Next Chapter

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The fastest-growing property management software in the single-family rentals industry strengthens its leadership team as it enters its next phase of growth.

ESTERO, Fla., Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Rentvine, the fastest-growing property management software in the single-family rentals industry, today announced Nat Kunes as Chief Executive Officer, effective September 9. Kunes will lead company strategy and assume day-to-day leadership, building on the AI and open foundation Rentvine has already established with its recent launch of MCP and Pro Skills. Rentvine founder, Dave Borden will continue as a hands-on member of the leadership team and board of directors, closely involved in Rentvine’s vision, and industry relationships.

“We’re building the experience property managers deserve. The company’s focus on actively listening to property managers and executing based on their needs is rare, and it’s the foundation I get to build on as we push further into what AI can do for this industry.”

Nat Kunes brings a rare combination of experience: more than 20 years of product leadership, including at one of the largest property management software providers in the industry, paired with a track record of leading AI software organizations through their accelerated growth stages. That blend is precisely what Rentvine has been building in its next chapter, with that vision already taking shape inside the platform.

“What drew me to Rentvine was that our product, support, and culture already set the standard,” said Kunes. “We’re not running a predefined playbook. We’re building the experience property managers deserve. The company’s focus on actively listening to property managers and executing based on their needs is rare, and it’s the foundation I get to build on as we push further into what AI can do for this industry.”

“As founder, this company has always been my passion, and that’s not changing,” said Dave Borden. “Nat’s experience within property management will undoubtedly extend Rentvine’s industry leadership in AI. I will focus on the industry relationships, strategy, and culture, all near and dear to me, as we build our next chapter.”

“Adding Nat to our leadership team alongside Dave and me is exactly the kind of move that helps our customers win,” said Jonathan Ewen, Co-Founder and President of Rentvine. “He shares our commitment to the Herd, and having all three of us driving the business forward means we can move faster without losing what makes Rentvine, Rentvine.”

Rentvine’s product, team, and commitments to property managers remain unchanged. While Borden remains active in the business, Kunes will work alongside Borden and Ewen to make sure employees, customers, and partners continue to receive the same experience they’ve always received from Rentvine.

About Rentvine

Rentvine is the fastest-growing property management software in the single-family rentals industry. Built for property managers who want to scale with confidence and clarity, we deliver the best trust accounting in property management, giving operators unmatched accuracy, visibility, and control over their financials. From leasing, maintenance, and CRM tools to owner reporting and performance analytics, everything lives in one modern, AI-connected platform with an open API.

To learn more, visit www.rentvine.com.

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Chris Brasher, Rentvine, 1 888-597-2611, chris.brasher@rentvine.com, www.rentvine.com

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