Danish developer Eurowind has submitted an application to Transelectrica for the connection of a huge wind farm to be built in Botosani County. With a capacity of almost 1,200 MW, it would be the largest onshore wind farm in Europe at this time. The project is at an early stage. The Botosani Wind Power Plant (WPP) project will actually be a complex of nine parks located in nine communes in northern Botosani county, according to a local press report. We also learn from there that the Danish project company, EWE Eolian, has submitted a connection application to Transelectrica, for a power of 1,188 MW. According to the source above, the Danish developer has submitted a connection request to Transelectrica, from where a solution study is expected, after which the Technical Connection Approval (ATR) is expected to be issued. The land has been secured by the Danish investor, and our sources say that the local authorities have received the investors very well, given the potential of this investment. The project is still at an early stage, and it is likely that the park, which would be completed in stages, will not be operational before 2031. Most likely, depending on the solution that will be approved by Transelectrica – possibly the investor will also support a network reinforcement in the area – the park would be connected to the Suceava station, which would be expanded, and part of the energy discharged into the network could also reach the Republic of Moldova, through the future Suceava-Balti line, a project that is currently being worked on. The advantage is that this project, even if it will not benefit from the same excellent wind conditions as in Dobrogea, is being developed in an area that is not congested, unlike what is happening now in the southeastern area of Romania. At this point, this capacity will become the largest onshore wind farm in Europe, according to local media, over Fosen Vind in Norway, completed in 2020, which has a capacity of 1,057 MW and is owned by Statkraft.
Local authorities in the mountain town of Râșnov, in Brașov County, have begun installing an electric fence to protect residents from bears that come down from the forest to scavenge for food. According to Râșnov Town Hall representatives, the measure comes as a result of increasingly frequent 112 emergency calls from citizens reporting the presence […]
OFF Avignon, the performing arts festival held in conjunction with the Festival d'Avignon in France, and the International Shakespeare Festival Craiova (FISC) will collaborate to present several performances at both events. The project Shakespeare Of(f) Avignon will see two performances from the OFF Avignon 2025 program presented at next year's edition of FISC. The selection […]
Gebrüder Weiss Romania has completed the installation of a photovoltaic system at its newest logistics hub in Popești-Leordeni, marking a major step in its sustainability strategy. The system includes 674 solar panels covering roughly 1,635 sqm on the roof of its cross-dock and logistics warehouse, with an installed capacity of 300 kWp. The energy generated […]
Romania's men's team won its second continental title in the Under-19 category on Tuesday, July 15, at the European Junior Table Tennis Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, after defeating Portugal in the final with a score of 3-2, according to the Romanian Table Tennis Federation. In the final, table tennis player Iulian Chiriță secured the […]
Romania allocated just 12.8% of its GDP to social protection spending in 2023, the lowest proportion among European Union member states, according to data published by the Social Monitor, a project of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Romania, based on Eurostat figures. This places Romania well below the EU average and far behind the highest-ranking countries […]
The French-led group's strength will increase from 1,500 troops to approximately 4,000, and NATO's reinforced forward battle group in Romania will thus be expanded to brigade level, according to Bursa.ro and
