The construction work of the largest wind farm in Moldova, in Vaslui County, which belongs to PPC Renewables Romania, has entered a new stage: the first 2 turbines out of the 23 that the wind farm will have have been installed.
The Deleni wind farm, located in Vaslui County, will become the largest renewable energy production unit located in the Moldova region upon commissioning, with an installed capacity of 140 MW.
The farm is equipped with GE Vernova turbines, each with a capacity of 6.1 MW. Their power is almost three times higher than that of the turbines installed in the previous stage of massive wind energy development in Romania, until 2012.
The installed turbines are 121 meters high, with a rotor diameter of 158 meters, and each of the blades is 77.4 meters long. For the foundation of each of the towers, with a diameter of 20 meters, approximately 630 cubic meters of reinforced concrete were poured.
For the delivery of each of the elements of these wind turbines, 12 oversized transports were organized on the Constanța – Brăila – Vaslui route, with an average duration of 3 nights each.
The wind turbines will be installed on land belonging to the localities of Deleni, Costești and Bogdănești, and the 400/220/110 kV interconnection power station is located within the Banca locality. The infrastructure in the area will allow residents to access the connecting roads that pass through the park. It will have three transformer stations, the one at Banca being the interconnection station with the National Energy System. The project also allows for the addition of energy storage capacities, if necessary.
“With the installation of the first wind turbines, we are entering a new stage in the construction of the Deleni park. The wind potential of the area is considerable, and our geographical expansion outside Dobrogea, traditional for wind energy, contributes both to diversifying Romania’s energy mix and to reducing the deficit of production capacities in the North of the country, as well as to the local community”, declared Adrian Dugulan, General Manager of PPC Renewables Romania.
The park will generate approximately 370 GWh of electricity annually, avoiding CO2 emissions of approximately 215,000 tons annually and providing enough energy to power the equivalent of 100,000 households – a city the size of Vaslui, together with its component localities.
Upon completion of the project, the total installed capacity of PPC Renewables Romania will reach approximately 1.5 GW.
The PPC Group is rapidly developing its renewable portfolio in Greece, Romania, Italy and Bulgaria, with an installed capacity increasing from 4.7 GW in the first half of 2024 to 6.3 GW at the end of June 2025. The PPC Group’s objective is to reach an installed capacity of renewable sources of 11.8 GW by 2027. Currently, new projects of 3.7 GW are under construction or ready for construction. In Romania, PPC Renewables, part of the PPC Group, is a leader in renewable energy, with a current installed capacity of over 1.3 GW and continues at a rapid pace to strengthen its portfolio through large-scale projects, being the largest private producer of renewable energy in Romania.