Iberdrola breaks ground on 1,500 MW wind farm in Dobrogea, Romania

Spanish Iberdrola Renovables has started works on the 80 MW Mihai Viteazu wind farm in Romania, the company's first such project in the country. This is the first part of a wind farm located in the Dobrogea region, southeast of Romania, which will entail 50 wind parks with a combined capacity of up to 1,500 MW that is set to become the world's largest such project. The company plans to build these facilities gradually between 2011 and 2017. The output generated by this wind complex will enable the company to generate enough power in Romania to supply around one million households, the equivalent of the population of the capital city Bucharest, while also curbing annual COB2B emissions by 2.6 million tonnes, according to the company. Iberdrola has already signed an off-take agreement with the Romanian network operator Transelectrica, to connect the planned 1,500 MW to the national grid, including the agreement for the grid connection of the first phase, encompassing 600 MW. This agreement covers the largest volume of grid-connected wind power in Europe to date, according to the company. Iberdrola Renovables works with Eolica Dobrogea Srl, owned by the Swiss engineering group NEK Umwelttechnik AG and the Romanian companies C-Tech Srl and Rokura Srl. editor@romania-insider.com