Romania to have "green" power plants of 735 MW

Alina Oprea
Romania will have access to more clean energy in the coming years and by the end of next year, capacities of 735 MW of installed power could be put into operation, says the Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja. He also signed the financing contracts for 8 photovoltaic parks. Photovoltaic parks will be built in Işalniţa, Tismana, Roşia, Rovinari, and Turceni, as well as on the Pinoasa and Bohorelu landfills. In the next period, the procurement procedures for the contracting of engineering, construction, and commissioning services of the new capacities will be launched.

"We are building the Romania of the Future every day. Today we signed the financing contracts for 8 photovoltaic parks, strategic investments supported by 70% of the Modernization Fund. Hundreds of millions of euros for Romania's green transition. Why is this important? Romania will have access to more clean energy for all Romanians in the coming years. And fast. We have chances that by the end of next year, we will put into operation capacities of 735 MW of installed power", said Minister Burduja.

Also, the energy producer Complexul Energetic Oltenia is modernizing and making the transition from coal to green energy.

"Partnerships with OMV Petrom and TINMAR involve a 50% participation from CEO Oltenia, which will benefit from new sources of income and train current employees to implement and operate these investment projects (and not only)", added the Minister of Energy.

It specifies that it accelerates the absorption of European funds available through the Modernization Fund.

"I declared as objective zero for my mandate the increase in the rate of access to the billions of euros that Romania has available for the modernization of the national energy system. I follow the progress personally, every day, together with the technical team. We will continue to accelerate the pace," Burduja said.

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