Italy's Enel Expresses Interest in Building Wind Farm in Bulgaria

Italian power company Enel is interested in building a wind farm in the northern Bulgarian town of Sevlievo, the company said on Friday.

"The successful implementation of a project for wind farm in the municipality of Sevlievo will have a possitive effect on the fulfiling of Bulgaria's commitments to the EU and for the attracting of significant investments in environment-friendly elctricity production," the company said in a statement.

Bulgaria, which joined the European Union in 2007, has to cover 11% of its gross domestic energy consumption by renewable energy sources by 2010, compared to about one percent in 2005, in order to comply with EU directives.

"There are no details about the project [...] the pre-feasibility study has yet to begin," the corporate communications officer of Enel's Bulgarian arm, Daniel Kiryakov, told SeeNews.

Enel is currently developing up to 40 megawatts wind farm project in the region of Stara Zagora, in southern Bulgaria.

Enel owns 73% of the coal-fired power plant Enel Maritsa East 3 in central Bulgaria and a 73% stake in Enel Operations Bulgaria, the company which is managing the plant.

In February Enel also expressed its interest to build solar parks in Bulgaria.

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