• Enel Green Power actual total installed capacity in Bulgaria is 42 MW. In October 2009, the company brought into operation its first wind farm in Bulgaria - the 21-megawatt Kamen Briag wind farm in the municipality of Kavarna.

Sofia, May 10th 2010 - Enel Green Power, the Enel Group company fully dedicated to developing and managing power generation from renewable sources, commenced operation of its second wind farm in Bulgaria, which is located in the municipality of Shabla.

The new wind farm consists of 7 turbines with a capacity of 3 MW each, for a total installed capacity of 21 MW. With an annual production of over 54.6 million kWh, the wind farm will be able to meet the energy needs of 19,000 households while avoiding the emission of around 45,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.

Thanks to the Shabla wind farm, Enel Green Power doubled its installed wind capacity in Bulgaria, which already totals 42 MW.

“This project proves once again Enel Green Power’s commitment to renewable energy generation growth.” said Francesco Starace, President of Enel Green Power ” we are active in Romania and Greece as well, and consider this region as a very important development area with a strong Renewable Energy potential that matches the growing energy demand of the countries”.

In late 2008 Enel Green Power Bulgaria signed an agreement with Global Wind Power Bulgaria (a subsidiary of the Danish Global Wind Power) for the acquisition of the Kamen Briag and Shabla wind projects. On October 5th, 2009 the company officially started operating its first wind farm in Bulgaria, the Kamen Briag plant in the municipality of Kavarna with an installed capacity of 21 MW.

Enel Green Power is the Enel Group company devoted to the development and management of power generation from renewable resources at the international level, with a presence in Europe and the Americas. It is one of the global leaders in its industry thanks to 20,7 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity generated from water, sun, wind and the heat of the earth. The company’s installed capacity totals about 5,700 MW, making it the Italian leader in this sector, with an integrated international business in the generation of power from renewable resources. It has more than 600 plants in operation around the world, with a generation mix that includes wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and biomass.

Sofia, December 21, 2009. Today, Enel Maritza East 3 received the ISO 14001:2004 certificate from SGS Bulgaria attesting that the power plant operates in line with the world’s best environmental management practices. The certificate was presented to John Clark, Enel Manager for Bulgaria and CEO of Enel Maritza East 3.The certificate was issued following successful evaluation of Enel Maritza East 3’s activities and documentation against ISO requirements.

Enel Maritza East 3 ISO 14001 certification meets the first strategic target of the Enel Group Environmental Policy on the implementation of internationally-certified environmental management systems within the entire Group.

“The ISO 14001:2004 certification awards our commitment to environmental sustainability for the present and future generations.” Stated John Clark, Enel Maritza East CEO. “I wish to thank all the company’s employees for their commitment to the achievement of this ambitious objective. The certification was obtained thanks to the team work of Enel’s staff in Bulgaria, the Group’s International Division, the External Relations Division and the Engineering and Innovation Division”.

“Enel Maritza East 3 TPP has met all requirements of the ISO 14001:2004 standard and demonstrated its compliance with Bulgarian legislation as well as the company’s commitment to a cleaner environment.” Stated Albena Amzina, Head of SGS Bulgaria Certification and Systems departments. “Environmental responsibility is increasingly becoming a corporate requirement. A growing number of industry players, service organizations, utilities and public bodies worldwide are demonstrating environmental awareness by implementing internationally-certified environmental management systems. Certification helps them control the impact of their actions, products and services which is essential in order to protect the environment”.

Certified environmental management systems minimize the risk of environmental incidents and improve investors’ confidence. The certificate is a voluntary act, recommended by regulatory bodies as a tool to prevent environmental pollution and a guarantee of compliance with environmental legislation.

About Enel Maritza East 3

Enel Maritza East 3 TPP is the first and only lignite power plant in the Balkans operating in full compliance with the latest EU environmental norms. It is 73% owned by Enel - Italy’s largest power company, and Europe’s second listed utility by installed capacity.

Enel Maritza East 3 is the only lignite power plant in the Balkans operating in full compliance with the latest European environmental requirements. The project for modernization and rehabilitation of Enel Maritza East 3 TPP was officially completed in February 2009.

The company aims at achieving excellence in all its areas of operation with a special focus on the environment. The ISO 14001:2004 fully reflects Enel’s vision, values and approach to environmental protection.
About SGS

Originally founded in 1878 in Rouen as French grain shipment inspection house, SGS was registered in Geneva as Société Générale de Surveillance in 1919. As of 1991 SGS Bulgaria Ltd. was officially founded and the central office in Sofia was registered. The Company has extensive experience and know how in meeting the needs of the business community and the certification services in the country.

At the present moment are functioning operational offices in Bourgas, Varna, Rousse, representatives in Plovdiv and Pleven, as well as accredited laboratories for grain, GMO and construction products inspection. The portfolio of the company includes outsourcing, risk management, technical consultancy and training.

• This is the second donation Enel Cuore makes in Bulgaria.

Stara Zagora, 16 December 2009 - Today, Enel Cuore, the non-profit organization established by Italian energy company Enel, announced a EUR 58,000 donation to the Bulgarian Charities Aid Foundation (BCAF). The amount will be allocated for the realization of two projects, organized by BCAF. The news was announced by John Clark, Enel Manager for Bulgaria and CEO of Enel Maritza East 3, in the presence of Mariana Krasteva - Chief Secretary of the Stara Zagora Regional Administration, representatives of the local authorities in the municipality of Galabovo, including the Mayors of the villages of Mednikarovo, Obruchishte and Iskritsa, Lyudmila Atanasova, Programmes Director for the BCAF, Dr. Ivan Chavdarov, Manager of the Specialized Hospital for the Rehabilitation of Children with Cerebral Palsy, Violeta Nanevska - Head of the Social Support Agency, Polina Bozhilova - mother of the 4-year-old Bozhidar who suffers from cerebral palsy, etc.”A year ago we started working on several projects. Today, thanks to Enel Cuore we were able to realize two of them”, Lyudmila Atanasova from BCAF said.

The first project is addressing the elderly inhabitants of the villages of Iskritsa, Mednikarovo and Obruchishte in the municipality of Galabovo. Its aim is to make the local elderly people more active by involving their spare time in activities aimed at enhancing their quality of life. Among the project activities is the improvement of the rural environment, renovation works, providing basic and additional equipment for the local community centers and pensioners’ clubs.

The second project is to support children suffering from cerebral palsy, who need constant treatment. In the first half of 2009 BCAF announced two recruitment sessions so that children could receive additional treatment and rehabilitation procedures (not financed by the Bulgarian National Health Insurance Fund). Thirty children were selected according to medical criteria and family income. With the help of Enel Cuore up to three series of procedures in the St. Sofia Specialized Hospital for Rehabilitation of Children with Cerebral Palsy will be provided.

John Clark commented: “As a good corporate citizen, we support local communities by improving the standards of living in the areas around our power plant. The holiday season is approaching and I think this donation represents a nice Christmas present from Enel Cuore”
This is the second donation, which Enel Cuore makes in Bulgaria. In 2006 the organization supported the Galabovo Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment by purchasing instruments and equipment for surgical laparoscopy and CAT scans worth some EUR 125,000.
Enel Cuore is a non-profit organisation established by Enel in 2003 to give concrete and targeted support to disadvantaged people, alongside organizations that are directly involved with particularly needful and urgent social problems.
Since 2003, Enel Cuore has donated almost 29 million euros and developed 276 projects, of which 236 in Italy and 40 abroad.

Mednikarovo, December 3, 2009. John Clark, CEO of Enel Maritza East 3 and Enel’s Manager for Bulgaria, and Quinto Di Ferdinando, CEO of Enel Operations Bulgaria and Enel Maritza East 3 TPP Plant Director, painted today the Safety Line at the entrance of the power plant. This was one of the numerous initiatives organized at the Enel Maritza East 3 TPP within the International Safety Week from November 30th to December 6th, 2009.”The Safety Line is another symbol of Enel’s commitment to promote a culture of safety among its employees and contractors employees worldwide”, John Clark said. “The line indicates the border beyond which everybody is obliged to wear its personal protective equipment in order to prevent potential workplace injuries. Thanks to such initiatives, Enel is following its ambitious objective for zero accidents.”

Safety walks, training evacuations and fire drills, seminars and films, initiatives involving contractors and local schools all aimed at raising safety awareness and improving the observation of the safety rules both in the work process and afterwards.

The International Safety Week is an initiative of the Enel Group devoted to the safety issue which was first held in 2008. Its second edition involved the Group’s 85,000 employees in the 24 countries where it operates.
Enel Maritza East 3 is 73% owned by Enel, Italy’s largest power company and Europe’s second listed utility by installed capacity. The company is the owner of the first lignite power plant in the Balkans fully compliant with the EU environmental standards.

• The record performance comes as a result from the now completed power plant rehabilitation and the implementation of the Company’s operational excellence initiatives 

Mednikarovo, October 30, 2009 - Enel Maritza East 3 TPP broke its record for power production for the first time in its history on October 24th, 2009. The generated energy was 21,168.4 MWh during the day. The plant was working as usual with more than 94% reduction of the SO2 emissions due to its flue gas desulphurization units.On the day of the record, all four units of the power plant were operational. Three of the units reached their full load of 227 MW each while the Bulgarian Central Dispatch loaded the fourth one up to 217 MW leaving room for even higher records in the future.

The historical event is a result of a combination of several factors. Among these are the successfully completed rehabilitation and modernization of Enel Maritza East 3 TPP and the implementation of the Zenith project for operational excellence. In addition, its staff is capable of reacting rapidly should energy demand in the country increase. This record demonstrates that Enel Maritza East 3 TPP is a reliable power producer with increased power availability.

John Clark, country manager for Enel in Bulgaria, commented: “The record we marked on that day is of great importance to us, because it is a clear result of our constant efforts to make Enel Maritza East 3 TPP the best power plant in terms of operation and environment in the country. It is evident and greatly appreciated that every employee of Enel in Bulgaria has contributed to this achievement.”

Enel Maritza East 3 is 73% owned by Enel, Italy’s largest power company and Europe’s second listed utility by installed capacity. The company is the owner of the first lignite power plant on the Balkans fully compliant with the EU environmental standards.

Zenith is an operational excellence project which has been implemented in Bulgaria since 2007. Its philosophy is to promote and foster continuous improvement and efficiency projects at the sites operated by Enel all over the world.

• Due to this project, thirty Griffon vultures are expected to be introduced in the Central Balkan within the following five years

Manolovo, October 21, 2009. The Birds of Prey Protection Society and partnering organizations celebrated today the completion of the most significant stage of their project for Griffon vulture reintroduction in the Balkan Mountains - the construction of a release cage used as accommodation facility for the vultures to mature and connect with the reintroduction site. The cage was installed near the village of Manolovo, in the Municipality of Pavel Bania, and the first two vultures brought from Spain were accommodated there. This project for the construction of the release cage is the first biodiversity project supported by Enel in Bulgaria and was mainly funded by the company.As early as 1998, Enel instituted its Biodiversity and Sustainable Development program with the objective to increase awareness of biodiversity and its conservation by investigating the interactions between energy and ecosystems. Since then Enel has cooperated with environmental organizations to strengthen biodiversity in the areas around its power plants.

The cage was opened in the presence of the Stara Zagora Regional Governor, Yordan Nikolov, representatives of the Ministry of Environment and Water, the Mayor of Pavel Bania,…, the Mayors of the villages of Tuzha and Manolovo, ….., the Head of the Central Balkan National Park, Mrs. Nela Rachevitz, etc.

The bird cage is a facility of great significance for the implementation of the project for helping the Griffon vulture return to the Central Balkan National Park. It was constructed by the Birds of Prey Protection Society and partnering green foundations near the village of Manolovo in August and September 2009. The cage is 20 m long, 10 m wide, and 4 m high. It is surrounded by a fence aimed at preventing predators from accessing the cage. The first two vultures were accommodated in it. A new group of 5 more birds is expected to arrive in the area by year-end. The total number of birds expected to be introduced in the Central Balkan within the following five years will be around 30.

Enel Maritza East 3 is 73% owned by Enel, Italy’s largest power company and Europe’s second listed utility by installed capacity. The company is the owner of the first fully compliant with EU environmental standards lignite power plant on the Balkans.

• In 2009, the Enel Group renewables’ company expects to bring into operation an additional 21 MW wind capacity at the Shabla plant, currently under construction.

Sofia, October 5, 2009 - Today, Enel Green Power, the Enel Group company fully dedicated to developing and managing power generation from renewable sources, commenced operation of its first wind farm in Bulgaria, the “Kamen Briag” plant in the municipality of Kavarna.The new wind farm consists of 7 turbines with a capacity of 3 MW each, for a total installed capacity of 21 MW. The park covers an area of approximately 70 hectares of land. With an annual production of over 56.5 million kWh, it will be able to meet the energy needs of 19,000 households while avoiding the emission of 50,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.

In late 2008 Enel Green Power Bulgaria (EGPB) signed an agreement with Global Wind Power Bulgaria (a subsidiary of the Danish Global Wind Power) for the acquisition of the Kamen Briag wind project and a similar project located in the Shabla Municipality. Enel Green Power Bulgaria expects to bring into operation an additional 21 MW of wind capacity within 2009 when its Shabla project, currently under construction, comes on line.

Francesco Starace, President of Enel Green Power, commented: “With this first project we see the start of Enel’s wind generating capacity in Bulgaria. This project represents further evidence of Enel’s commitment to renewable energy generation and marks the growth of Enel’s business in Bulgaria. We are now a step closer to a balanced energy mix in our Bulgarian portfolio. We believe in wind power and we want to play a leading role in developing this energy source in the country.”

Enel Green Power is the Enel Group company dedicated to developing and managing worldwide energy generation from renewable sources. It operates over 4,500 MW in plants relying on run-of-the-river hydro, wind, geothermal, solar and biomass sources in 14 countries in Europe and the Americas. With over 17 kWh produced annually, Enel Green Power is a world leader in the renewables’ sector.

• Students from 238 schools from the regions of Stara Zagora, Varna, Dobrich and Sofia participated in the project by submitting more than 550 projects.

Sofia, September 30, 2009. Today, Enel awarded prizes within its Play Energy (formerly Young Energy) educational competition for the third year in a row. This year’s competition was titled “An Eco Idea for Your Town”.More than 550 projects of 1,258 Bulgarian students representing 238 schools from the regions of Stara Zagora, Varna, Dobrich and Sofia were presented today during an official ceremony held in the Inter Expo and Congress Centre. Like in the past, participants were divided in two groups - primary (XL) and secondary (XXL) schools. The students from Nikola Obreshkov school in Kazanlak were announced winners among the secondary schools with their project Sun, Wind, Water - Our Treasury and Our Rescue, while Yordan Yovkov school in Kavarna ranked first in the group of the younger students with a project for Bio Energy - Solutions from the Farm in Septemvriitsi.

Play Energy is an international educational project on energy and science set up by Enel for students of primary and secondary schools in all countries where the company is present. Every year schools work on projects relating to the theme of energy which could be developed under many different ways such as model, text, painting, even song or dance.

All projects ranking in the top ten were awarded certificates and small presents. The schools which ranked first, second and third were delivered laptops and their students - portable MP3/MP4 players and photo cameras.

The participants in the competition were assessed by a national selection committee which included distinguished public and energy figures: Ms Svetlana Lomeva, Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Science, Stefano Benazzo, Italy’s Ambassador in Bulgaria, Professor Dr. Eng. Tzancho Tzanev, Deputy Chairman of the Association of Energy Engineers-Bulgaria, Gabriele Bogo, project manager and representative of the Italian NGO “La Fabbrica” - Enel’s partner in the project, Nikolay Minkov, founder of the Energy and Utilities Committee at CEIBG together with John Clark, Enel’s Manager for Bulgaria.

Within the project more than 400 Bulgarian students visited the Enel Maritza East 3 TPP which celebrated the completion of its rehabilitation and modernization programme in May this year.

Enel is Italy’s largest power company, and Europe’s second listed utility by installed capacity. In Bulgaria it is majority shareholder of the newly rehabilitated and modernized Enel Maritza East 3 TPP - the first and only lignite power plant in the Balkans operating in full compliance with all EU environmental norms.