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View of Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm
The Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm

As of 2013, there was an installed capacity of 2,599 megawatts (MW) of wind power in Romania,[1] up from the 7 MW installed capacity in 2007.[2][3] Until December 2010, Romania added around 440 MW to its installed wind capacity from two wind farms: Fântânele-Cogealac and the EDP Peștera.[4] The Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm has been completed in 2012 and at the time was the largest in Europe.[5]

Romania has a wind-power potential of around 14,000 MW,[6] and an energy-generating capacity of 23 terawatt-hours.[6] The country's wind power capacity that can be assimilated by the national transport grid is between 3,000 MW and 9,000 MW,[7] while only in the last two years the total power of the requests for connecting to it was about 22.800 MW.[8] The Dobrogea region, which consists of Constanța and Tulcea counties, has the second-highest wind potential in Europe.[9]

Several companies are interested in investing in wind farms in Romania. The Italian company Enel Green Power, a subsidiary of Enel, plans to build several wind farms with a total capacity of 350 MW.[10] The Swiss conglomerate Cofra Group plans to build two large wind farms, one that will have a capacity of 700 MW in Dobruja and one that will have a capacity of 400 MW in Neamț and Suceava counties; the total investment will amount to $1.65 billion.[11] In 2008, Iberdrola bought 50 wind farm projects, with a combined installed capacity 1,600 MW, from two companies for $450 million.[12] Romanian companies interested in building wind farms include Electrica and Green Energy, which have plans to build wind farms that will have an installed capacity of 310 MW with total investments of $420 million.[13][14] The Hungarian company Sinus Holding will build five wind farms in the Northern Moldavia region, having an installed capacity of 700 MW and totaling $800 million in capital investment, that will be built by December 2009.[15]

Under development

The forthcoming 600 MW wind project, Dunarea East and West, situated in southeastern Romania, is scheduled to commence operations in 2026. This project's significant scale is compared with the nearby Fântânele-Cogealac wind power plant, currently the largest onshore wind facility in Europe, with a capacity of 600 MW.[16]

Romania is expected to establish its first wind farms in the Black Sea by 2027-2028, following a public consultation by the Ministry of Energy on a draft law for offshore wind energy. The plan includes auctioning 3 GW of offshore wind under a contract-for-difference scheme.[17]

Largest projects

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These are the most important wind farm projects in Romania (larger than 10 MW):

Project name Sponsoring company Installed capacity (MW) County Status Completed/
Notes
Activ Business Casimcea Activ Business 45 Tulcea Approved [18]
Eco Power Eco Power 80 Buzău Approved [19]
EDP Dobrogea Energias de Portugal 225 Tulcea Approved [20]
EDP Peștera Wind Farm Energias de Portugal 90 Constanța Commissioned [21]
EDP Cernavodă Wind Farm Energias de Portugal 134 Constanța Commissioned [22]
Enel Agighiol Enel Green Power 34 Tulcea Commissioned [23]
Babadag I & II Martifer 42 Tulcea Commissioned [24]
Blue Investment Baia[citation needed] Blue Investment 35 Tulcea Under construction [25]
Blue Planet Baia[citation needed] Blue Planet Investments 35 Tulcea Under construction [26]
Fălciu-Berezeni E.ON 30 Vaslui Under construction [27]
Călimani West Wind 27 Suceava Approved [28]
Oravița Local authorities 10 Caraș-Severin Commissioned [29]
Enel Corugea Enel Green Power 70 Tulcea Under construction [30]
Eolgen Racovițeni Eolgen 45 Buzău Proposed [31]
Roșiești E.ON 46 Vaslui Approved [27]
EOL Săcele Electrica and Holrom 50 Constanța Approved [32]
Eolica Baia Eolica Dobrogea 126 Tulcea Approved [33]
Eolica Beidaud Eolica Dobrogea 128 Tulcea Approved [33]
Eolica Casimcea Eolica Dobrogea 244 Tulcea Approved [33]
Eolica Ceamurlia South Eolica Dobrogea 28 Tulcea Approved [33]
Eolica Cogealac Eolica Dobrogea 448 Constanța Approved [33]
Corbița Energycum 50 Vrancea Approved [34]
Eolica Corbu Eolica Dobrogea 68 Constanța Approved [33]
Fântânele-Cogealac CEZ Group 600 Constanța Commissioned 2012[4]
Eolica Grădina Eolica Dobrogea 62 Constanța Approved [33]
Eolica Istria Eolica Dobrogea 74 Constanța Approved [33]
Eolica Kogălniceanu Eolica Dobrogea 32 Constanța Approved [33]
Eolica Mihai Viteazu Eolica Dobrogea 80 Constanța Under construction [35]
Eolica Pantelimon Eolica Dobrogea 66 Constanța Approved [33]
Eolica Săcele Eolica Dobrogea 252 Constanța Approved [33]
Eolica Sarichioi Eolica Dobrogea 102 Tulcea Approved [33]
Eolica Târgușor Eolica Dobrogea 36 Constanța Approved [33]
Vetrișoaia E.ON 36 Vaslui Approved [27]
Eolus Vind Eolus Vind 30 Constanța Approved [36]
Europp Galați Europp Energocons 33 Galați Approved [18]
Eximprod Galați Eximprod Buzău 70 Galați Approved [18]
Green Energy Green Energy 200 Tulcea Approved [37]
Liteni-Dolhasca Ulli Rowind 34 Suceava Under construction [38]
Market Expert Tulcea Market Expert 33 Tulcea Approved [18]
Mărișelu Local authorities 300 Cluj Approved [39]
Moldova Noua Enel Green Power 48 Caraș-Severin Commissioned 2012[40]
New Energy Constanța New Energy Group 30 Constanța Under construction [41]
New Energy Tulcea New Energy Group 20 Tulcea Approved [41]
Orșova Toplet Energy 35 Mehedinți Under construction [42][43]
Romwind Constanța Romwind 30 Constanța Approved [18]
Sălbatica I Enel Green Power 70 Tulcea Commissioned 2011[44]
Sălbatica II Enel Green Power 70 Tulcea Commissioned 2012[45]
Sibioara Sibioara Wind Farm 42 Vaslui Approved [18]
Sinus Holding Sinus Holding 700 Vaslui/Suceava/Neamț Approved [15]
Tarcău Eolo Energy 24 Neamț Approved [46]
Tomis Team Dobrogea Tomis Team 600 Tulcea/Constanța Under construction [47]
Valea Nucarilor Enel Green Power 70 Tulcea Commissioned 2012[48]
Văcăreni Energie Investments Group 240 Tulcea Proposed [49]
Verbund Casimcea Verbund 225 Tulcea Commissioned [50]
Scobinți-Iași ACK srl Romania 40 Iași Approved [51]
Ruginoasa-Iași Moldova-Eolian srl Romania 100 Iași Proposed [52]
Siminoc - Murfatlar Zar Twins Energy 45 Constanța Approved
Nalbant Tulcea Philro Energia 20 Tulcea Approved [53]

Totals

Category status Total capacity
Commissioned 2,599 MW
Under construction MW
Approved MW
Proposed MW
All Stages MW

See also

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