GE Plans to Complete Wind Farm in Romania by End of 2012
January 18, 2012, 4:16 PM ESTBy Andra Timu
(Updates with comment from second paragraph.)
Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- General Electric Co. plans to complete the installation of 200 megawatts of wind turbines in Romania at a wind park developed by CEZ AS by the end of the year as scheduled.
“The connection of the 200 megawatts to the country’s power system, operated by Transelectrica SA, depends on the grid’s capacity and functionality,” Carmen Neagu, a director at GE’s Romanian unit, said in an interview in Bucharest today.
GE has already installed wind turbines with a combined capacity of 400 megawatts in the project in Romania’s southern Dobrogea region. The most recent installation will make it Romania’s biggest wind park with a capacity of 600 megawatts.
Romania had an installed wind-energy capacity of about 982 megawatts at the end of last year, out of which about 850 megawatts were fully operational, Dana Duica, head of the Romanian Wind Association, said yesterday.
--Editors: James Kraus, Elizabeth Konstantinova
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