Wind power in Romania

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As of 2007, Wind power in Romania has an installed capacity of 10 MW, up from the 3 MW installed capacity in 2006.

Romania has a high wind power potential of around 14.000 MW[1] and a power generating capacity of 23 TWh, but until 2007 there were no sigificant wind farms in operation.

Homever there is a significant number of companies interested in investing in wind farms in Romania, Enel having plans for several wind farms with a total capacity of 1.400 MW.

Another company interested in wind power in Romania is Cofra Group which has plans for two wind farms, one of 700 MW in Dobrogea and one of 400 MW in Moldova with total investments of US$ 1.65 billion.[2]

Iberdrola recently bought from a Swiss and a Romanian company 50 wind farm projects totalling 1.600 MW of power for US$ 450 million.[3]

There are several Romanian companies interested in building wind farms, but the most significant are Electrica and Green Energy which have plans for around 600 MW of wind farms with total investments of US$ 800 million. [4][5]

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These are some of the most important wind farm projects in Romania:

Farm Power (MW) Owning company Cost (US$ million)
Babadag[6] 48 Martifer 80
Călimani[7] 27 West Wind 50
Clisura Dunării[8] 10 Local authorities 15
Mărişelu[9] 300 Local authorities 230
New Energy Constanţa[10] 30 New Energy Group 60
New Energy Tulcea[11] 20 New Energy Group 45
Valu lui Traian[12] 10 Grivco 15

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