“We’ve built access roads and part of foundations and in parallel we are building the electrical power station of Rahmanu (a Tulcea locality). We hope all these works are completed by yearend,” said Ovidiu Pop, general manager of Verbund Romania.
The wind farm will have an installed capacity of 200 MW, which could entail investments of more than EUR300 million, given that a MW of capacity takes funds of around EUR1.5-1.8 million.
“The construction of the first 100 MW stage of Casimcea wind farm is going according to schedule. The first stage of road construction has already been finished and the second stage will be completed in September,” reads Verbund’s report.
The company official representative did not specify how many turbines would be installed this year but said works for the 200 MW wind farm should be completed by 2014.
Tulcea is the second area of interest after Constanta when it comes to the number of announced wind power projects. Romania’s southeastern region of Dobrogea is well-known for its wind power potential among regions in Europe. Besides Dobrogea, investors have recently started looking at Romania’s eastern region of Moldavia.