Iberdrola Renovables, in the process of being absorbed by its parent company, has started the construction in Romania of the Mihai Viteazu wind farm, with 80 megawatts (MW) of power. It is the company's first infrastructure in the country and will be located to the Southeast, in the district of Constance, in the Dobrogea region, the company said.
The Mihai Viteazu wind farm will be built with technology from Gamesa, a company 19.5% owned by Iberdrola, with 40 wind turbines of 2 MW of power each, and will come into operation at the end of this year. In addition, its construction will be developed by Iberdrola Ingeniería y Construcción.
This installation will be the first phase of execution of the Dobrogea Wind Complex, the most important renewable energy project developed in the world to date, according to the company.
This initiative will include the commissioning of up to 50 wind installations, which can add up to 1,500 MW of power. Iberdrola Renovables intends to build these facilities between 2011 and 2017.
The power of this wind complex will allow the company to generate enough energy in Romania to supply electricity to about one million homes, the equivalent of the population of the country's capital, Bucharest, also avoiding the emission into the atmosphere of 1.25 million tons of CO2 per year.
The company chaired by Ignacio Sánchez Galán has already signed with the operator of the Romanian grid (Transeléctrica) the agreement that establishes the conditions to connect to its national electricity system the 1,500 MW of this project, as well as the connection contract for the first phase of 600 MW. This represents the access of wind energy to the grid of greater volume given to date in Europe.
The company is carrying out all its initiatives in Romania together with Eólica Dobrogea SRL -owned by the Swiss engineering group NEK Umwelttechnik AG and the Romanian companies C-Tech Srl. and Rokura Srl-. This company is responsible for the promotion of wind projects, while Iberdrola Renovables is responsible for the construction and operation of wind installations.
The Iberdrola subsidiary opened an office in Bucharest in 2009 in order to further strengthen its presence in Eastern Europe, where it already has wind farms in operation in Poland (161 MW) and Hungary (158 MW) and promotes other projects in Estonia and Bulgaria. (EUROPA PRESS)
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