As of 2013, there was an installed capacity of 2,599 megawatts (MW) of wind power in Romania, up from the 7 MW installed capacity in 2007. Until December 2010, Romania added around 440 MW to its installed wind capacity from two wind farms: Fântânele-Cogealac and the EDP Peștera. The Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm has been completed in 2012 and at the time was the largest in Europe.Sally Bakewell: "CEZ Commissions All GE Turbines at Europe’s Largest Wind Farm" in Bloomberg, 14 December 2012
Romania has a wind-power potential of around 14,000 MW, and an energy-generating capacity of 23 terawatt-hours. The country's wind power capacity that can be assimilated by the national transport grid is between 3,000 MW and 9,000 MW, while only in the last two years the total power of the requests for connecting to it was about 22.800 MW. The Dobrogea region, which consists of Constanța and Tulcea counties, has the second-highest wind potential in Europe.
Several companies are interested in investing in wind farms in Romania. The Italian company Enel Green Power, a subsidiary of Enel, plans to build several wind farms with a total capacity of 350 MW. The Swiss conglomerate Cofra Group plans to build two large wind farms, one that will have a capacity of 700 MW in Dobruja and one that will have a capacity of 400 MW in Neamț and Suceava counties; the total investment will amount to $1.65 billion. In 2008, Iberdrola bought 50 wind farm projects, with a combined installed capacity 1,600 MW, from two companies for $450 million. Romanian companies interested in building wind farms include Electrica and Green Energy, which have plans to build wind farms that will have an installed capacity of 310 MW with total investments of $420 million. The Hungarian company Sinus Holding will build five wind farms in the Northern Moldavia region, having an installed capacity of 700 MW and totaling $800 million in capital investment, that will be built by December 2009.
The Romania Wind Energy Market size was valued at 3.47 gigawatt in 2025 and estimated to grow from 3.61 gigawatt in 2026 to reach 4.42 gigawatt by 2031, at a CAGR of 4.12% during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.
Under development The forthcoming 600 MW wind project, Dunarea East and West, situated in southeastern Romania, is scheduled to commence operations in 2026. This project's significant scale is compared with the nearby Fântânele-Cogealac wind power plant, currently the largest onshore wind facility in Europe, with a capacity of 600 MW.
Romania is expected to establish its first wind farms in the Black Sea by 2027-2028, following a public consultation by the Ministry of Energy on a draft law for offshore wind energy. The plan includes auctioning 3 GW of offshore wind under a contract-for-difference scheme.
BIG MEGA Renewable Energy, a joint venture between Israeli publicly listed companies BIG Shopping Centers and MEGA OR Holdings, secured project financing in 2024 and 2026 for 102 MW wind farms in Urleasca and Vacareni, Romania, totaling over.200 MW of capacity and contributing to the country’s renewable energy development
Largest projects
These are the most important wind farm projects in Romania (larger than 10 MW):
Project nameSponsoring companyInstalled capacity (MW)CountyStatusCompleted/Notes Activ Business CasimceaActiv BusinessTulceaApproved Eco PowerEco PowerBuzăuApproved EDP Dobrogea Energias de Portugal TulceaApproved EDP Peștera Wind Farm Energias de Portugal ConstanțaCommissioned EDP Cernavodă Wind Farm Energias de Portugal ConstanțaCommissioned Enel Agighiol Enel Green Power TulceaCommissioned Babadag I & II Martifer 42 TulceaCommissioned Blue Investment Baia Blue Investment TulceaUnder construction Blue Planet Baia Blue Planet Investments TulceaUnder construction Cudalbi 2 Eximprod GalațiCommissioned Fălciu-Berezeni E.ON VasluiUnder construction Călimani West Wind SuceavaApproved Oravița Local authorities Caraș-SeverinCommissioned Enel Corugea Enel Green Power TulceaUnder construction Eolgen Racovițeni Eolgen BuzăuProposed Roșiești E.ON VasluiApproved EOL Săcele Electrica and Holrom ConstanțaApproved Eolica Baia Eolica Dobrogea TulceaApproved Eolica Beidaud Eolica Dobrogea TulceaApproved Eolica Casimcea Eolica Dobrogea TulceaApproved Eolica Ceamurlia South Eolica Dobrogea TulceaApproved Eolica Cogealac Eolica Dobrogea ConstanțaApproved Corbița Energycum VranceaApproved Eolica Corbu Eolica Dobrogea ConstanțaApproved Fântânele-Cogealac CEZ Group ConstanțaCommissioned 2012 Eolica Grădina Eolica Dobrogea ConstanțaApproved Eolica Istria Eolica Dobrogea ConstanțaApproved Eolica Kogălniceanu Eolica Dobrogea ConstanțaApproved Eolica Mihai Viteazu Eolica Dobrogea ConstanțaUnder constructionBR Review: "Eolica Dobrogea administrator sues Transelectrica and ANRE for EUR 118 mln prejudice", February 21, 2012 Eolica Pantelimon Eolica Dobrogea ConstanțaApproved Eolica Săcele Eolica Dobrogea ConstanțaApproved Eolica Sarichioi Eolica Dobrogea TulceaApproved Eolica Târgușor Eolica Dobrogea ConstanțaApproved Vetrișoaia E.ON VasluiApproved Eolus Vind Eolus Vind ConstanțaApproved Europp Galați Europp Energocons GalațiApproved Eximprod Galați Eximprod Buzău GalațiApproved Green Energy Green Energy TulceaApproved Liteni-Dolhasca Ulli Rowind SuceavaUnder construction Market Expert Tulcea Market Expert TulceaApproved Mărișelu Local authorities ClujApproved Moldova Noua Enel Green Power Caraș-SeverinCommissioned 2012 New Energy Constanța New Energy Group ConstanțaUnder construction New Energy Tulcea New Energy Group TulceaApproved Orșova Toplet Energy MehedințiUnder construction Romwind Constanța Romwind ConstanțaApproved Sălbatica I Enel Green Power TulceaCommissioned 2011 Sălbatica II Enel Green Power TulceaCommissioned 2012 Sibioara Sibioara Wind Farm VasluiApproved Sinus Holding Sinus Holding Vaslui/Suceava/NeamțApproved Tarcău Eolo Energy NeamțApproved Tomis Team Dobrogea Tomis Team Tulcea/ConstanțaUnder construction Valea Nucarilor Enel Green Power TulceaCommissioned 2012 Văcăreni Energie Investments Group TulceaProposed Verbund Casimcea Verbund TulceaCommissioned Scobinți-Iași ACK srl Romania IașiApproved Ruginoasa-Iași Moldova-Eolian srl Romania IașiProposed Siminoc - Murfatlar Zar Twins Energy ConstanțaApproved Nalbant Tulcea Philro Energia TulceaApproved
Totals Category statusTotal capacityCommissioned Under construction Approved Proposed All Stages
See also
Global Wind Energy Council World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) European Wind Energy Association Wind power Wind power in the European Union List of wind farms List of onshore wind farms List of large wind farms Wind turbine List of wind turbine manufacturers Wind power industry
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