Transelectrica’s $1.95 B investment into Romania’s grid

Romania’s national transmission company Transelectrica will implement a development plan for the transmission network worth RON 9.49 billion ($1.95 billion).

 


Transelectrica’s $1.95 B investment into Romania’s grid

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Romania, Bucharest: Romania’s national transmission company Transelectrica will implement a development plan for the transmission network for the period 2024-2033 approved by the National Energy Regulatory Authority. The plan is worth RON 9.49 billion ($1.95 billion), RON 2.3 billion more than the previous plan.

It includes investment projects already underway and 12 new projects, structured on 4 priority development axes: RET retrofitting/modernization, consumer supply security, integration of production from renewable sources and from new power plants in Dobrogea and Moldova, and increasing interconnection capacity.

The 12 new projects introduced in the plan for the next 10 years are the modernization of the protection control command system in the 220/110/20 kV FAI substation; the modernization of the protection control command system in the 400 kV Bacău Sud and Roman Nord substations; the modernization of the protection control command system in the 400/220/110 kV Gutinaș substation; the re-conduction of the 220 kV Lacu Sãrat – Filești – Barboși – Focșani Vest – Gutinaș Overhead Power Line; the installation of a second 400/110 kV transformer in the Suceava station; the installation of a 400/110 kV transformer in the Calea Aradului station; the new 400/110 kV Botoșani injection station from the 400 kV Suceava – Bãlți overhead power line into the RED; increasing the transmission capacity of the 220 kV Bucharest South – Fundeni overhead power line; increasing the transmission capacity of the 400 kV Brașov – Gutinaș Overhead Power Line; the new 400/110 kV Suceava transformer and two related 400 kV and 110 kV cells; the construction of the second circuit of the 400 kV Oradea – Bekescsaba Overhead Power Line and related works in the 400 kV Nãdab substation; and the 400 kV Gutinaș (RO) – Strãșeni (MD) Overhead Power Line.

Source: The Diplomat Bucharest