“The delay is some two months compared to the progam, but this is normal as a project of this size is usually subject to minor delays,” according to a statement yesterday by Martin Pacovsky, CEZ Romania’s Chief Operations Officer.
CEZ will build Europe’s largest onshore wind park in Romania, with a capacity of 600 MW, and the investment is evaluated to be worth €1.1 billion. The project is three times larger than the largest eolian park now operational in Europe, located in the Spanish city of Guadalajara. According to data presented by CEZ, the Fantanele and Cogealac wind parks extend over some 600 hectares. “We rented land from the inhabitants of the respective villages, to whom we will be paying annual rent over 20-25 years. We have more than 1,000 rental contracts. Generally, a single turbine cannot be placed on a single lot,” explained Pacovsky, who added that 139 turbines are due to be installed at Fantanele, of 2.5 MW each, employing some 500 Romanian and foreign CEZ employees, contractors and sub-contractors. The second phase will involve the installation of 101 turbines, to be fully operational by the end of 2010, according to current plans.
The CEZ Romania Fantanele park Project Manager, Ondrej Safar said yesterday that at that time the company should claim a 10 share of the local renewable energy.
The CEZ group has been in Romania since 2005, has some 7 million clients, and a portfolio of installed capacity of over 14,300 MW.
