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Romania
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Electricity demand in Romania declined during the 1990s, and several older thermal units were decommissioned. However, demand has recently increased and is expected to continue as the economy expands. Thus, many new electricity generation projects are underway. Privatization has proceeded slowly with many of the large industries still owned by the government. Plans have been made to privatize the electric sector; however, actual progress has been slow. The Romanian Agency has proposed Directive No. 77, which would provide significant incentives for renewable energy development.
The most promising renewable energy resources appear to be wind, biomass, and hydro. Despite lower energy prices, Romania is considered a strong candidate for wind power development. There are well-documented wind resources, including a large off-shore potential. Total estimated mid term wind potential is 3,000 MW.
There are also good opportunities for biomass development, building off a very large base of existing capacity (over 4,000 MWth). Assuming an available biomass energy supply, district heating systems represent the most immediate and low-cost biomass application – especially CHP plants, industrial co-generation and co-firing.
In 1979 there was a wave of solar project development in the country, but due to poor quality equipment and inadequate installations, a deep dissatisfaction for solar projects resulted. Regardless, due to previous experience with solar and relatively high solar insolation, Romania may be open to solar project development.
The western region of Romania seems to be a good region for geothermal heat applications, although high enthalpy areas to support electric generation are limited. There are very good opportunities to develop small hydro projects in Romania. Over 2,600 MW of Romania’s electric capacity is generated from small hydro plants (100 MW or less).
Country Profile and Notes
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Romania Set to Expand Wind Capacity | Romania is set to significantly expand its wind energy capacity over the coming years, improving on its position as one of the European countries with the lowest amount of wind farm capacity installed. Currently the country has 14 MW of wind power installed capacity, but the European Wind Energy Association, in its recently published Pure Power report, predicts this will rise to 3,500 MW, all of that onshore wind power. | | | Romainian Educated Hydro Engineer Honored | ARLINGTON, VA, March 1, 2010 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Andrei G. Filotti, retired Technical Advisor of the United Nations has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating leadership and excellence in engineering.
With 52 years of experience in his field, Dr. Filotti is an expert in water and environmental engineering. He started his career serving as water engineer and chief engineer for the Research and Design Institute for Water Management (now Aquaproiect) of Bucharest, Romania, from 1952 to 1982 being in charge of planning the country's water resources development. He was also a professor of water management and river training at the Faculty of Reclamation and Environmental Engineering of the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest from 1973 to 1978 and served on the editorial board of the "Hidrotehnica" technical magazine. He attributes his success to his passion for his profession, hard work and being a lifelong learner. He hopes to continue sharing his knowledge with new generations, especially in developing countries. | | | Romanian-Bulgarian Danube Hydropower Considered | A new hydropower plant on the Danube to be constructed by Romania together with Bulgaria could be financed from European funds, Secretary of State with the Romanian Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business Environment Tudor Serban told an ISPE seminar. | | | Romanian Hydropower Aggregate 2 of the Lotru-Ciunget, Reconnected to the Grid | Hydropower Aggregate 2 of the Lotru-Ciunget Electric Power Plant, the largest on the inland waterways of Romania and the second largest in level terms after the Iron Gates, was officially inaugurated on February 18, 2010, after overhauling works that started in the spring of 2007. | | | Romanian Minister of the Environment Laszlo Borbely Encourages Geothermal Development | Romania has a third of all geothermal waters in Europe. This is one of the fields where investments could be made,” said Borbely.
| | | Floresti, Romania Initiates Several Renewable Energy Events, Activites | Floresti Town Hall is the first local administration in the Romania to own an authorization to produce green power from photovoltaic source, receiving green certificates to this purpose, said Local Council Chairman Mircea Cosma. | | | EBRD/Iberdrola Subsidiaries Team for Eastern Europe Wind Development | The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced plans to finance projects in several emerging wind energy markets in eastern Europe.
The EBRD, a London-based international financial institution that supports projects in 29 countries from central Europe to central Asia, said it would acquire 25% stakes in the Hungarian and Polish subsidiaries of the Spanish wind power Iberdrola. The EBRD will invest a maximum of EUR125million for the stakes and will also evaluate the possibility of collaborating with Iberdrola in the Romanian market. | | | Electrawinds Looks at €500M Wind Investment in Romania and Bulgaria | The Belgian company Electrawinds will invest 500 million euros in renewable energy in Romania and Bulgaria, the Romanian online edition Ziare.com reported. | | | Vestas Receives Order for Romanian/Bulgarian Wind Farm Turbines | Vestas has received an order for delivery of 50 V100-1.8 MW and 25 V90-2.0 MW wind turbines for Bulgaria and Romania. The order has been placed by Global Wind Power. | | | STX Group Wins $428M Deal to Supply Wind Turbines | STX Group, a South Korean business conglomerate, said Wednesday that it has clinched a 300 million euro (US$428 million) order to build wind farms in eastern European nations including Poland, Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria. | | | Petrom Considers Geothermal and Wind Investments | The company didn’t disclose further details on these projects, but mentioned Petrom’s central focus were geothermal and wind energy. “It is too early to say when we will begin investments because it largely depends on how long will the current economic crisis last”, said Razvan Nicolescu. In another interview, Petrom's CEO Mariana Gheorghe (photo) said recently that Romania needs a serious strategy on promoting renewable energies, especially having in view that the potential is "fantastic".
| | | EBRD Plans Ukrainian Direct Lending for Renewables | The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is intending to establish a EUR 50 million Ukraine Renewable Energy Direct Lending Facility. Ukrainian News learned this from a statement by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the wording of which was made available to the agency. | | | Romanian Wind Developments Discussed | Counties such as Galati, Vaslui, Vrancea, Braila and Iasi are now attracting wind power investors, after Tulcea and Constanta were the major targets for such investments in the last few years. | | | Iberdrola Renovables Opens Office in Romania | Iberdrola Renovables has 700 MW of wind projects well along in their planning stages. Adrian Goicea, a Romanian national, has been appointed Country Manager. With this move, IBERDROLA RENOVABLES has bolstered its presence in Eastern Europe, adding to its existing operations in Poland, Hungary, Estonia and Bulgaria.
| | | Technical Support for Wind in Poland, Bulgaria and Romania | Wind Prospect’s consultancy division has signed a five-year contract to provide development and technical services to GE Energy. | |
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