The project targets 20kV and 0.4kV overhead lines mostly located in the Balotești area, but also Snagov, Periș, Corbeanca and Otopeni. The works will consist of modernizing the medium voltage network (20kV) by passing it underground, replacing and reconfiguring the network over a length of 113 km, in the perimeter of Balotesti, Saftica, Magura, Ghermanesti, the area of the Ana Aslan Institute.
The beneficiaries of this project will be 15,000 customers, individuals and legal entities.
“The project targets the Balotesti area, Ilfov, which has developed aggressively in recent years both in the residential and business sectors. Customers in this area have electricity consumption averages well above the country average and many of them are prosumers (…). Most of the works will consist in building a resilient distribution network, which can easily support the need for consumption and development of the area, by creating underground, fully protected and automated networks. The energy transition involves smart and resilient grids, and in Ilfov County, where we have high specific energy consumption and where there is the highest density of prosumers in the country and with the highest installed power, it is essential to manage a robust and efficient distribution network that offers our customers a high quality of distribution service, both technically and commercially’”, said Mihai Peste, general manager of Retele Electrice.
Within the same project, 89 new transformer secondary substations will be installed and 40 existing secondary substations will be modernized.
At the same time, new sections of low-voltage network, with a length of 26 km, will be put into operation, which will serve especially household customers.
The project is worth almost RON167 million (excluding VAT), and is co-financed by the Modernization Fund with a maximum value of RON131.8 million.
The deadline for submitting bids is July 16, 2024, and works will have a duration of 44 months from the conclusion of the contract.