Dobrogea has become the best-known region in Romania, withsmall, unknown towns featuring prominently on the front pages ofthe leading European newspapers. All thanks to wind power projects,says Adrian Băicuşi, general manager of Transelectrica.
"You can ask anyone in Europe where Bucharest or Braşov is, and maynot get the right answer, but everybody knows where Dobrogea islocated. Dobrogea is the magical word that stands for wind power,"Băicuşi said.
Whereas up until now the biggest project announced in Romania wasthe one developed by Czech-based CEZ, which is set to build 240wind power turbines with a capacity of 600 MW in two Dobrogeacommunes, Fântânele and Cogealac, Spanish-held Iberdrola nowannounces it could start works on a similar-size project alsolocated in Dobrogea, as of 2011.
After a slower start than originally announced, Iberdrola, one ofthe world's leading players on the wind power market, says theinvestment in the 600-MW farm, close to the capacity of a Cernavodăreactor, will exceed one billion euros, considering that the costof installing one MW of wind capacity is around 1.7 million euros,according to company estimates.
