Dec. 28 - New achievements and new horizons for Enel Green Power, as the company connected three new wind farms in Romania: Elcomex EOL (Zephir I), Targusor (Zephir II) and Gebelesis, in the Dobrogea region, for a total installed capacity of 206 MW and an operational production of approximately 560 million kWh per year. In particular, the Elcomex EOL wind farm consists of 52 wind turbines of 2.3 MW each, for a total installed capacity of 120 MW. It will be able to produce (once fully operational) about 340 million kWh per year. The Targusor system - located in the district of Konstanz, in the historical region of Dobrudja - consists of 26 wind turbines of 2.3 MW each, for a total installed capacity of 60 MW; it will produce over 170 million kWh per year. Gebelesis consists of five wind turbines of 3 MW each and 6 wind turbines of 2 MW each, for a total installed capacity of 27 MW; this new plant will produce about 50 million kWh per year. "The total investment value of the construction of the plant - said the firm in a statement - is approximately € 340 million, reflecting EGP’s strategy to help the production of renewable energy in Romania, where EGP has reached in just two years about 500 MW of total installed capacity in wind energy."

EGP: A PROFILE

Enel Green Power is the Enel Group company dedicated to the development and management of power generation from renewable sources at the international level, in Europe and the American continent.

Their power generation capacity from water, sun, wind and geothermal sources amounted in 2011 to 22.5 billion kWh - a production that can meet the needs of more than 8 million households and avoid the emission into the atmosphere of more than 16 million tons of CO2. Enel Green Power is a leading firm, thanks to a well-balanced mix of technologies, with a production well above the industry average. The company has an installed capacity of over 7,700 MW, with a mix of sources including wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and biomass.

Currently, EGP has about 700 operating plants located in 16 countries in Europe and the Americas.