“Our plan was never to leave the Romanian market, even if we do sell the wind park. For now we are consolidating operations. We are not looking into acquisitions and are not interested to participate in the building of nuclear reactors in Cernavoda,” Zmelik told MEDIAFAX.
CEZ international division manager Tomas Pleskac said in April the energy group intends to sell its Romanian wind parks if it receives a good enough offer.
CEZ is the biggest electricity producer from renewable sources in Romania, in which it invested EUR1.1 billion. Its Romanian wind parks have a capacity of 600 MW. Wind turbines operated by CEZ produced 1.25 TWh of energy last year, 2.5% of Romania’s domestic consumption.
In the first half of this year, output dropped 13%, to 0.6 TWh, due to unfavorable weather in January and February. For the full year, CEZ estimates its wind parks will produce around 1.2 TWh of electricity, 4% less than in 2013.
Zmelik added the group plans to extend its activity around its current portfolio and focus on distribution, renewable energy and energy efficiency.
CEZ invested around RON200 million (EUR45.2 million) a year in electricity distribution in Romania.
CEZ Romania’s operating profit dropped 25% in the first half of the year, to EUR76.5 million.
The Czech group entered the Romanian market in 2005, when it bought state-owned Electrica’s Electrica Oltenia division.