Wind farms are one of the hottest areas foreign companies' money will go to this year, considering that around 600 MW may be installed, almost the equivalent of a Cernavoda reactor, with investments in this case to revolve around 1bn euros. The leap is a spectacular one and brings an over 40-fold increase from the current situation, considering that, according to European statistical data, only 14 MW are installed in wind energy projects in Romania. Concretely, if these 600 MW are installed, more than 400,000 households with a monthly consumption of around 300 kWh are likely to receive green energy, from the around 10,000 houses at present. "By late 2010, projects of between 150 and 600 MW can become operational, all depending on investors' business plans," says Adrian Baicusi, general manager of Transelectrica, the national grid company. Transelectrica plays a key role as regards the development of wind power projects, as it is the one giving network connection permits and the one that in the end signs connection contracts with investors.
Wind farms are one of the hottest areas foreign companies' money will go to this year, considering that around 600 MW may be installed, almost the equivalent of a Cernavoda reactor, with investments in this case to revolve around 1bn euros. The leap is a spectacular one and brings an over 40-fold increase from the current situation, considering that, according to European statistical data, only 14 MW are installed in wind energy projects in Romania. Concretely, if these 600 MW are installed, more than 400,000 households with a monthly consumption of around 300 kWh are likely to receive green energy, from the around 10,000 houses at present. "By late 2010, projects of between 150 and 600 MW can become operational, all depending on investors' business plans," says Adrian Baicusi, general manager of Transelectrica, the natio