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Italy-based Alerion Clean Power has obtained all permits for three wind farms in Romania. All the sites, for a combined 336 MW, are in Constanța county, the country’s wind power hub, and in a small area swarming with renewable energy projects.
When Alerion struck a deal with Monsson Alma for three wind power projects in Romania in 2021, the country was just beginning to revive the sector following several completely dormant years. The Italian company’s investments are entering the construction phase, Profit.ro reported, at a time when investors are preparing to break ground for dozens of such facilities, and some are soon coming online.
The sites are in Crucea, Saraiu and Vulturu in Constanța county, part of the historic Dobruja (Dobrogea) region. It is the heart of Romania’s wind energy production.
Furthermore, there are numerous other projects and facilities in the same area northwest of the port city of Constanța and bordering Tulcea county. The article adds that Italy-based Alerion Clean Power took over the wind power projects from Emanuel Muntmark, who controls Monsson Group. His company has a significant presence in the ongoing investments in and around the territory of the Crucea commune, in the country’s southeast.
Alerion has received the so-called establishment authorization or permit from the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE). The three projects are for 336 MW altogether, consisting of a 108 MW unit and two twin investments of 114 MW each.
Monsson Group has developed several major projects in and around the territory of the Crucea commune
They will all be connected to the grid via a 400/110 kV transformer station that the Italian company needs to build, the update revealed. The estimated commissioning date is 2027.
Alerion expects the future wind parks to generate an overall 1.1 TWh per year, bringing EUR 85 million in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA).
The company operates 15 solar parks in Romania, with 165 MW in combined peak capacity. Alerion took out an EUR 18 million loan earlier this year from Banca Comercială Română (BCR), part of Erste Group, for a photovoltaic project of 35 MW in Călărași county. The project was valued at EUR 26.8 million.
In neighboring Bulgaria, Alerion operates the Krupen wind power plant of 12 MW.
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