There are 11 wind farms in operation at the moment, all of which located in the Dobrogea region (the south-eastern part of the country), according to data of national grid company Transelectrica.
Czech-held CEZ owns the largest wind farm in Fantanele, with a capacity of 387.5 MW (155 turbines with a capacity of 2.5 MW each).
Second largest is the farm built by Energias de Portugal in Pestera, with a capacity of 90 MW distributed over 30 turbines. Energias de Portugal owns two more 69 MW wind farms in Cernavoda.
Spanish-held Iberdola has an operational 80 MW farm in Mihai Viteazu and Italy’s Enel has three 70MW wind farms and a smaller one (34 MW) in Tulcea.
Petrom, the largest company in Romania, is included on Transelectrica’s list with a 45 MW wind farm in Dorobantu. The smallest wind farm in terms of capacity, according to the power grid administrator, is a 25 MW farm in Silistea owned by ButanGas.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)