The inauguration ceremony was held at Centrala Portile de Fier I (The Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station).
The investment project had a total value of RON150 million, which was covered from own funds. Works were carried out by the Association ELECTROMONTAJ S.A. BUCURESTI – ROMELECTRO S.A., with subcontractors: EMFOR MONTAJ SA, SC ELECTROMONTAJ SA Sibiu and SC ELECTROMONTAJ SA Cluj, with the contribution of the consultant GOPA – International Energy Consultants GmbH ROENG T.E.C. Design works for power line were carried out by the Bucharest Institute of Energy Studies and Design.
Overhead Power Line 400 kV Portile de Fier – (Anina) – Resita is an essential project for closing Romania’s 400 kV ring in the western area, being one of the most complex, from a technical point of view, and difficult projects carried out in Romania’s energy infrastructure in the last 30 years, with its route crossing mostly mountainous area, with rugged and difficult terrain..
LEA 400 kV Portile de Fier – (Anina) – Resita will be operationalized from a commercial point of view with the completion of the construction works of the 400 kV Resita station, estimated in the second half of 2024. At the same time, the new 400 kV Resita station will also allow the operationalization of the 400 kV Overhead Power Line of Resita – Pancevo interconnection, completed in 2018.
With the commercial operationalization of LEA 400 kV Portile de Fier – (Anina) – Resita will considerably increase the grid connection capacity, both for new electricity consumers who want to develop their activities in this area, and for the integration of some new sources of energy production, especially renewable ones.
Correlated with the construction of the new 400 kV Resita station, LEA 400 kV Portile de Fier – (Anina) – Resita will contribute to the consolidation of the energy sector in the Banat region and will facilitate the increase of the interconnection capacity with the ENTSO-E network by 600 MW, for the benefit users connected to the network.