“We are looking at more wind farms in Romania, but it’s too early to estimate how many megawatts we plan to buy,” Stab told Mediafax reporters.
GDF Suez Energy Romania, a unit of French-Belgian utility GDF Suez, is currently developing a 47.5 megawatts wind farm in the eastern locality of Gemenele, Braila county.
The wind farm will have 21 turbines with a capacity of 2.3 MW each. Overall costs are estimated at EUR80 million. When completed, it will produce around 130 GWh of electricity per year.
GDF SUEZ Energy Romania is one of the largest suppliers of natural gas on the local market, with 1.4 million customers.
The company reported sales of 3.86 billion lei (RON845 million) in 2011, up 9% on the year. Net profit fell slightly to RON262 million, from RON271 million in the previous year. (EUR1=RON4.564)