Practically speaking, from now on very few approvals will be given, according to officials of the state company, and soon these will stop altogether. “Connection approvals are being given, at a slower pace, because we expect that a large portion of the projects which have already been approved will not be finalized. We established that a total of some 3,000 MW is acceptable. We will exceed this, but not by much, so we will end up refusing applicants, at least temporarily,” the Head of Transelectrica’s Network Planning Division, Dan Preotescu, told Business Standard.
The ceiling for wind capacity which can be safely integrated into the system was set last year at 2,000 MW, based on estimates, as Romania has no experience in the field, and has only 11 MW installed.
