On May 13, at 8:19 PM, over 17.5% of Romania’s energy consumption was covered by wind turbines, which are mainly located in Dobrogea (SE Romania).
This was the day’s high point, with wind turbines delivering 1,050 MW of energy into the system, which means almost all wind mills installed in Romania were operational.
Wind energy is therefore the only segment of the energy market that has moved at a fast pace in the past few years.
Whereas at the end of 2009 only 14 MW were installed in wind farms, at the beginning of June 2012 there were 15 functional wind farms, with a capacity of 1,165 MW, according to data of national energy transmission company Transelectrica.
This major leap was made after investments of over EUR1.7 billion, with around 500 wind turbines being installed and functional in Romania at present. But since green energy is only generated when the wind blows, on Tuesday for instance only 1% of production was accounted for by wind energy.
(English version by Daniela Stoican)