The project might be developed in public-private partnership. Works might start in 2013 and be finished in three years, Uioreanu said in a press release.
Last week, the Cluj county council head met with PVB Power representatives and held talks on a possible public-private partnership to build the seven micro hydro systems, reads the press release.
PVB Power Bulgaria AD specializes in the production of energy using natural flow of water in Europe.
Last year, the company obtained permits to build seven micro hydropower facilities in Romania. According to information available at that time, the hydropower units might produce 260 million kWh of electricity yearly.
PVB Power Bulgaria AD’s shareholder is the Italian state, represented by Finest, PVB Group, Dolomiti ENERGIA and Azienda Energetica. PVB Power Bulgaria has built through subsidiary Svoge Hydro-Power Plant nine hydropower facilities on the Iskar river (Bulgaria), following a EUR115 million investment.