Wind Power News: Bulgaria
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Bulgarian environment ministry halts ‘deadly’ wind park
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Environment and Waters annulled a decision of its Regional Directorate in the Black Sea city of Burgas to allow the construction of a wind park. The information was reported Friday by the Bulgarian news agency, BTA, and was confirmed by the Ministry. The move was triggered by a complaint of two environmentalists NGOs. The previously approved wind park was to have 11 wind generators to be erected on one of the most intense sections of one of . . . Complete story »
Bulgaria law aims to cool solar, wind energy surge
Bulgaria approved a new law on renewable energy on Thursday that aims to cool a surge in solar and wind power projects that threatens to overwhelm its ageing power grid and boost electricity prices. The law changes the government’s obligatory purchase of electricity produced from renewable energy generators at high, fixed prices, which has led to a jump in projects totalling over 6,000 megawatts – well above the country’s grid capacity. The centre-right government says that Bulgaria needs only 2,000 MW of . . . Complete story »
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 . . . Complete story »
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 . . . Complete story »
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 . . . Complete story »
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 . . . Complete story »
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 . . . Complete story »
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 . . . Complete story »
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, . . . Complete story »
Dutch to Construct Wind Farm for 180 M EUR in Bulgaria
Dutch company ‘Grintex’ declared through its daughter company in Bulgaria its intentions to build wind farm in Georgy Damianovo municipality in Western Stara Planina Mountain (Montana district, North-Western Bulgaria). The company wants to place 58 posts with 2 mW power on an area of 100 decares in the countryside of Chuban kuria and Roga, next to Galgi del village, informed from money.bg. ‘Grintex’ already signed an agreement with Chiprovtsi municipality (North Western Bulgaria) for the placing of 60 posts that . . . Complete story »
