The Kaliakra Wind Power near Kavarna, on the Northern Black Sea, has produced 50,000 MWh of electricity since the wind farm went into operation on July 1, 2008, manager of the facility Georgi Petkov said. The electricity produced by the wind farm in December was 10,000 MWh, and in January so far, 2,000 MWh.

Petkov said that since the wind farm went into operation, none of the total of 35 generators, each of which produces 1 MW of electricity from wind power, has been switched off due to technical faults.

Kaliakra Wind Power, the biggest wind farm in Bulgaria, is a joint-stock company owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and a Bulgarian engineering company Inos-1. The investment totals 60 million euro. The wind farm occupies 270 hectares of land. According to preliminary plans of the investors, the wind farm is to work round the year, 2,103 hours a year, and generate 79,000 MWh of electricity.

In 2006 Kaliakra Wind Power was granted a first-class investor certificate for the wind farm project.

Source: BTA