General Electric and Prowind will build 4 wind farms in Vaslui County starting 2012

A joint venture between General Electric (GE) and German wind farm developer Prowind will build four wind farms in the hills of Vaslui County, in northeastern Romania. The two companies have already signed an agreement with Romania’s grid operator Transelectrica.

The four wind farms would supply up to 300 MW to the regional grid controlled by Transelectrica, which is building a new substation near the small town of Banca, allowing the connection of the wind farms to the regional grid. GE plans to supply a total of 120 2.5-100 class wind turbines for the four wind farms. Shipments are expected to begin in the second half of 2012.

“Our wind farm projects in the Vaslui County will offer major benefits in terms of employment and tax revenues to help improve the quality of life and services for residents and businesses while also supporting Romania’s national economic and environmental goals,” said Johannes Busmann, founder and owner of Prowind GmbH.     

“This grid-connection agreement with Transelectrica is a significant step forward in GE and Prowind’s efforts to support the Romanian government’s renewable energy plans,” said Carmen Neagu, region executive of GE Energy for South East Europe. “Grid interconnection agreements play a vital role in ensuring the transmission infrastructure is in place to allow Romania and other countries to meet their energy supply and environmental obligations.”

The projects are in line with Romania’s plans to produce 24 percent of its energy from renewable sources by the year 2020. The European Commission recently approved Romania’s plan to provide incentives for an increased use of renewable energy. With some of the strongest wind conditions in Europe, Romania has the potential to harness enough wind power to meet the electricity needs of one-quarter of the country’s 8 million households.

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Prowind GmbH is a project developer for renewable energy. Based in Osnabrück, Germany, Prowind has designed, financed and constructed more than 20 wind energy, solar and biogas power plants in Germany.

Ovidiu Posirca