French company Filasa will invest €780 million to build 12 wind farms in Suceava County, Romania. The wind farms will have a total installed capacity of 429 MW and be located across 8 localities. Filasa aims to both make a profit and contribute to EU renewable energy goals. The project will create around 1,000 construction jobs and 50 permanent jobs. A new 400 MW transmission line must also be built to connect the wind farms to Romania's energy grid, as the existing network is insufficient. Filasa has already invested €6.2 million in research, offices, and permits for the project.

1. News November 17th, 2011
French from Filasa to invest €780
Million in 12 Wind farms in Suceava
French-owned company Filasa opened today in the town Ciprian
Porumbescu (Suceava) investment project in 12 wind farms totaling
€780 million which will be carried out in 9 communes in Suceava
County.
The project manager, Bogdan Buzdugan said, according to “Mediafax” newspaper, that the 12 wind
farms will be grouped in 8 localities in the Suceava-Gura Humorului-Fălticeni, with an installed
capacity of 429 MW, while in the commune Udeşti will be made a Wind farm with an installed
capacity of 90 MW.
General Manager of Filasa International, Bernard Esquirol, said that two years it took for studying,
designing and construction of offices and French firm aims to make profit, but also to contribute to
the objectives set by the EU for electricity production from renewable sources.
Esquirol noted that local authorities which are the partners of the project will benefit both the
partnership agreement and by the local taxes that will be charged extra.
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So far were created 50 jobs, but will reach about 1,000 for construction. Subsequently, their number
will be reduced because plants are automated. The first turbine will enter the testing phase at the
end of next year.
The company will have an installed capacity of over 1 GW, which represents 2–3% of the country's
electricity production.
Without modern transportation networks
Romania will have to build a power transmission line of 400 MW on Suceava-Cluj route, because the
national network is far lagging behind. For this network has already made an agreement with the
EU, but feasibility studies have shown that this line is not carrying, but now this project will be
resumed. To take over power in the national system, the French company will invest in making a
400 MW line with length of 10–12 kilometers, from the central point of the park to the
transformation point from Suceava where the Suceava-Cluj line will be taken.
So far, the French company invested €6.2 million in research/studies, technical projects and
construction of administrative office.
Building permits fees for the first 6 projects amount to €840,000 and the others €1.5 million.
The 9 localities in Suceava County where Wind farms will be built
The 12 Wind farms will be built in 9 localities in Suceava County: Ciprian Porumbescu, Horodniceni,
Capul Câmpului, Drăgoieşti, Berchişeşti, Moara, Stroieşti, Ilişeşti and Udeşti on a total area of 4,000
hectares, each Wind farm having between 350 and 400 hectares.
In the Wind farms will be installed turbines manufactured by Vestas 3 MW installed power each,
which will be installed on towers 120 meters high.
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