Bulgarian-Spanish co to build wind park in Varna area

Bulgarian-Spanish company Eolica Bulgaria said it will invest 175 mln levs in a 60MW wind farm near the village of Suvorovo, in the coastal Varna region. The wind resource of the Suvorovo area has been favorably assessed by Spain’s National Renewable Energies Center. The installation of the park’s 30 wind turbine towers will begin 2009 and should be completed by early 2010. The investor is interested in manufacturing components for the wind park equipment in Bulgaria. The VMZ defence company in Sopot is one of the potential local suppliers. The Suvorovo project does not encroach on any sites protected under the Natura 2000 program and will have no negative environmental impact, said the authors of the project. Eolica Bulgaria has signed a preliminary agreement to sell the electricity output to Bulgaria’s national power grid operator NEK