Supplying green energy to the properties in its portfolio is part of WDP’s European strategy, with the company having so far installed solar panels with a total capacity of 16 MW.
In Romania WDP has used this strategy with the logistics park in Oarja commune, close to the Bucharest-Pitesti highway. The overall power installed in solar panels in that park is 0.6 MW, with the investment amounting to EUR1.1 million, according to the company’s annual report.
The company’s new photovoltaic parks are set to be located in Calarasi county, along the highway to Constanta. One of the parks will be located in the town of Fundulea, where WDP already has a 60,000 square-meter logistics park. The solar park will have a capacity of 7.4 MW, according to a decision of the local authorities to approve the Zoning Plan. The investment needed for installing this capacity would be between EUR10 and EUR13 million, starting from a standard cost per megawatt of EUR1.3-EUR1.8 million, according to market information and to information from the energy market regulatory authority ANRE.
WDP has another photovoltaic park under development in Sarulesti commune, a few km away from the logistics park in Fundulea. This park will have a 6-MW capacity, according to the environmental permit issued by the Agency for Environmental Protection in Calarasi, with the investment necessary for this capacity being almost EUR8 million, according to ZF estimates. Representatives of WDP have confirmed their intention to set up a photovoltaic park in Sarulesti, but did not say if the investment would be followed by the development of a logistics park.
On the other hand, the company has in the past announced its intention to continue investments in Romania by building retail parks on the plots it owns, close to the highways from Bucharest to Constanta and Pitesti.
(English version by Daniela Stoican)