A massive wave of construction of battery systems is underway in Romania, which has reached Europe’s top tier in the segment, in a bid to gradually narrow neighboring Bulgaria’s advantage. On April 1, per the latest data from electricity transmission system operator Transelectrica, the technology accounted for 599 MW of operating power. Of note, prosumers in the country may even have a much larger combined capability in operation.
Güriş, headquartered in Turkey, completed a 98.6 MW battery energy storage system last month in western Romania. It added 196.4 MWh in capacity to the country’s total. Still, Transelectrica calculates the two items as 100 MW and 206.4 MWh. In its list, total capacity reached 1.13 GWh.
The company has received a EUR 10.7 million grant from the Ministry of Energy a year and a half ago for the project. The facility is at the village of Iaz in Obreja commune, in Caraș-Severin county. Simtel Team was the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for Energy Capital Group. The project firm is owned by Mogan Bucharest, part of Güriş Group. The job was worth RON 168.9 million (EUR 33.1 million) excluding value-added tax.
Biggest battery system accounting for third of entire capability
Güriş’s BESS is number two in the country in both categories. In December, Nova Power and Gas commissioned a 201.2 MW / 402.5 MWh system in Florești, Cluj county. The subsidiary operating the facility is called Nova H.
Nova Power and Gas runs two more battery systems in Romania’s fleet. Another one is filed under Nova Power 170. The three have 30 MW in operating power and 60 MWh each.
Monsson’s CEM Gălbiori 2 is the third-biggest BESS, at 54 MW and a capacity of 120 MWh.
There are 31 items in the list, of which AOT Energy’s Arad system consists of two units of 1 MW and 0.5 MWh each.
Construction underway of more major BESS facilities
Premier Energy Group has just launched the construction of a 200 MW / 400 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in eastern Romania.
PNE Romania recently said it obtained construction permits for two standalone BESS projects of 165 MW / 330 MWh and 107 MW / 214 MWh. The sites are in the southeast, in Constanța county in the region of Dobruja (Dobrogea). It is the country’s main wind power hub, but with an emerging segment for photovoltaics, hybrid power plants and battery storage.
Both systems would be connected at 110 kV in the transmission network, supporting grid stability, said the firm. It is a subsidiary of PNE, based in Germany.
In addition, the company is developing three standalone storage projects across Romania. They would be at transmission and distribution network levels. It is also advancing solar power with co-located BESS, the update reads.
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