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€25 million investment in the first wind turbines and blades manufacturing facility
Swiss-based Windex Group GmbH will build in Romania the first wind turbines and blades manufacturing facility in Constanta, which represents a total investment of €25 million, according to Nicolae Eduard Simion, chief executive of the group’s subsidiary in Romania.“The construction for the facility will begin in two months, which is expected to last 12 months, so as to meet orders as soon as possible. The cost of the project is covered by the group”, said Eduard Simion.He said that for the time being, the group is in talks with potential clients.“We will have 100 workers. The turbines will have a capacity of minimum 225kW at 2.5MW”, said Eduard Simion.He added that Windex opened a branch in Romania earlier this year, Windex Beast Technology.
Several investors have announced plans to build wind farms in Romania, mainly in the southeastern part of the country, near the Black Sea. Thus, Czech CEZ has already built 70 wind turbines of 175 MW-installed power at Fantanele, Constanta county. The entire project aims at installing 240 wind turbines in a total investment of EUR1.1 billion. In April, Spanish Iberdrola obtained the license to connect 1,500-MW of wind power to the national electricity system, through 50 wind farms built by 2017.Moreover, Energias de Portugal has a 90-MW power project in Romania, and Italy's Enel - a 200-MW project. Romania's dominant oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) also announced to enter the wind power sector after purchasing Wind Power Park. So far, Romania's wind power generation capacities total only 14.1 MW.