Romania’s Top 25 Wind Farms Total 1,900 MW Capacity

The two largest investments, however, are those made by Czech Republic’s CEZ, 600 turbines in Fantanele and Cogealac towns in Dobruja (SE Romania). The project in which it invested EUR1.1 billion was initially developed by the same Muntmark.

In all, Romania has 25 big wind farms supervised by the national power dispatcher, Transelectrica (TEL.RO), to ensure safe operation of the system, with a total capacity of almost 1,900 MW after about EUR3 billion investments.

There are also a number of smaller farms, unsupervised by Transelectrica, with a capacity of more than 200 MW, according to the data the company published on April 1st, 2013.

In all, Romania’s wind farms have three times the capacity of Cernavoda nuclear power plant reactor.

The investors in the 25 biggest wind farms are mostly non-residents but there are also some Romanian businessmen.

Romanian-born Swedish businessman Emanuel Muntmark is about to complete an over EUR200 million investment in a 150 MW farm in the town of Pantelimon, north of Constanta (SE Romania).

The farm’s current capacity is 123 MW at the moment, according to Transelectrica, as the turbines are undergoing testing. One of the companies Muntmark owns got EUR68 million from Austria’s Erste at the end of 2011 to build this farm.

Businessman Sebastian Ghita, owner of the IT&C group Asesoft, invested more than EUR100 million in a wind farm in Galati County (SE Romania) along with other investors. The project is now undergoing testing and has an installed capacity of 70 MW.

The most powerful wind power investor is CEZ, followed by Italy’s Enel, which completed projects with more than 400 MW in capacity and Energias de Portugal, with over 310 MW, according to Transelectrica data.

(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)
 

Source: Transelectrica
* Investment value information provided by the company. The rest of the investments were calculated by ZF based on an average EUR1.5 million cost per megawatt.