Wind Power News: Bulgaria
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EC gives Bulgaria two warnings on implementation of environmental laws
The European Commission said on November 27 that it had sent warning letters to Bulgaria in two separate cases over its failure to properly implement EC environmental laws.
The first letter is a final warning to Bulgaria over its failure to establish an adequate household waste management system in capital Sofia and the other is a first written warning about environmental impact assessments required under the wild birds directive.
“Bulgaria’s citizens have the right to clean urban spaces and the . . .
Harvesting the wind
The number of wind parks along Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast is already bigger than the number of trees in the same area. The natural absence of any trees in those areas and the high winds makes it the best place in Bulgaria to produce green energy from wind generators.
About 60 wind turbines have already been built in Kavarna municipality, a town hall spokesman told The Sofia Echo by telephone on August 26. They have been issued permits by . . .
"Golden Buffalo" to construct wind farms in Bulgaria
The German company “Golden Buffalo” intends to establish wind generators in the Bulgarian village of Gorski goren Trambesh. This became clear after a meeting between representatives of the company and the mayor of the municipality Yordan Mihtiev, informs “Yantra today” newspaper.
According to the official information, the German company is specialized in the breeding of buffaloes and trade with their products as well as in the setting of wind generators and solar collectors and the cultivation of plants for biofuel.
In order . . .
Poland's PEP eyes 700MW in wind farms by 2012
Poland’s listed clean energy producer Polish Energy Partners (PEP) PEPP.WA plans to have 700 MW in wind farms by 2012, the firm’s chief executive told Reuters in an interview.
Stakes at two of the four planned wind farms will be sold to other investors in order to finance further expansion, said Zbigniew Prokopowicz.
“We are planning four wind farms, two of them we will sell. Funds received will be used to build new, fully controlled, plants,” Prokopowicz said.
Poland, which generates nearly 95 . . .
Greek Alpha Grissin to build 400MW wind park in Bulgaria
Greek energy company Alpha Grissin Infotech has unveiled plans to build a 400MW wind park in Bulgaria in what would be a 400 million euro investment, Greek media quoted the company’s CEO Vassilis Grissin as saying.
Construction works are due to begin this year.
Grissin declined to give more details on the project.
The company is already present in Bulgaria with a portfolio of residential and office buildings with combined floorage of 145 000 sq m. The company plans to divest its entire . . .
Wind park craze becomes very dangerous: ecologists
Bulgarian state has to establish national strategy about the planning and exploitation of wind energy, ecologists appealed.
Otherwise, according to the ecological specialists, the promiscuous installing of wind parks is dangerous and could stultify the clear energy production’s effect.
Reason of the ecologists’ demand is the bum in projecting new wind parks, planned already not only by the seaside and Sliven city, but also in the interior of the country, in regions with nesting protected rare birds.
On the territory of Bulgaria already . . .
WPD to build third wind farm in Bulgaria
The Bulgarian arm of German wind power specialist WPD, Viaturen park Dobrudzha 2, announced plans to build a windmill off the village of Sokolovo, near Balchik on the northern coastline, in what would be its third operational wind farm in the country, Dnevnik daily reported.
The wind park will spread on two hectares and will comprise 18 wind turbines, each with an installed capacity of 2.5 MW.
According to company estimates, each rotating blade will cost three million euro and each substation . . .
Bulgaria prefers nuclear to wind, solar power-EconMin
Bulgaria should push ahead with plans to build a new nuclear power plant rather than opt for wind and solar power to solve its energy problems, the economy and energy minister said on Wednesday.
Petar Dimitrov told a conference estimates showed that his Balkan country’s wind power potential was equal to the capacity of 2,000 megawatts of its Kozloduy nuclear power plant, which supplies about 33 percent of Bulgaria’s power.
“It’s more important for Bulgaria to build (the new nuclear power plant . . .
Environmentalists lodge new complaint in Brussels over Natura 2000
The Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) announced it has alerted the European Commission about infringement on the Europe-wide network of protected sites Natura 2000, the organisation said in a statement on February 25 2008.
The complaint claims that unique natural habitats in the north-eastern Kaliakra region have been destroyed in the process of building a wind farm. It has been backed by 12 other environmental and civil non-governmental organisations. The environmentalists believe that Kaliakra “is emblematic of how . . .
Ecological outrages on Kaliakra biodiversity spot in Bulgaria continue
Bulgarian Organization for Bird Protection entered in the European Commission new complaint in relation with NATURA 2000, money.bg shared.
The complaint has been supported by 12 more organizations and civil associations with attitude towards the fate of Bulgarian nature.
The complaint entering is the serial attempt for ceasing the destruction of Kaliakra — a place emblematic for Bulgarian nature and historical spot, stated eco-protectors.
You may see the current situation on Kaliakra on the two photos.
The complaint proves through documents, pictures and maps . . .
