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Romanian Pwr Grid Unable To Manage Future Wind Pwr Production

The national power grid will not be able to manage the high volume of wind farms production for which Romania’s state-owned power grid operator Transelectrica got requests, the company’s representatives said.
Romanian Pwr Grid Unable To Manage Future Wind Pwr Production
20 aug. 2008, 15:21, English

Transelectrica got requests for connecting wind turbines with a total installed capacity of over 12.000 megawatts to the country’s power grid.

Transelectrica’s representatives said Wednesday that the company might be able to connect wind turbines with a capacity of up to 4,000 MW, adding that some 75% of wind farm projects announced will not materialize.

The wind turbines currently producing power in Romania have a total installed capacity of only 7 MW.

The most advanced wind farm project is located between Tulcea and Constanta cities, eastern Romania, with a total installed capacity of 600 MW, whose investment might reach EUR600 million.

The project might become operational in 2009.

Transelectrica official said the safe integration of wind power into the system should be backed by legislative changes and changes of the energy market structure.

Transelectrica reported a profit of 115.5 million lei (EUR1=RON3.5238) in the first half of the year, double from RON54.5 million in the corresponding period a year earlier, while its turnover rose 29.5% at RON1.35 billion, from RON1.04 billion in the first six months of 2007.

The Economy Ministry owns a 73.7% stake in Transelectrica, investment fund Fondul Proprietatea owns a 13.5% stake while a 12.8% stake is traded on Bucharest Stock Exchange.