With the support of the Ministry of Investment and European Projects (MIPE), Rombat and Datacor have announced the opening of the photovoltaic park in Copșa Mică, the first to receive funding from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). With 920 KW of installed power, eight 115 KW inverters and 1,746 photovoltaic panels, the park will support the activity of the REBAT used battery recycling unit.

“With this investment we are taking the circular economy concept at REBAT to the next level and will recycle exclusively with green energy,” Rombat representatives announced, according to Transilvania Business.

Founded as Acumulator Bistrita, Rombat changed its name in 1991. It was owned by the state until 1996, and following privatisation, it was bought by employees. In 2012 Rombat was taken over by Metair International Holdings Cooperatief, part of the Metair Investment Limited group. The company has a strategic partnership with Dacia Renault, and in 2017 became a supplier for Ford Craiova. In 2021 Rombat achieved Q1 Ford certification, which certifies the highest standard of excellence as an OEM supplier.

Datacor is a regional provider of integrated solutions in the fields of solar energy, communications, and infrastructure. It operates in the office, retail, industrial, and green energy segments. Datacor is owned by Bogdan Bilegan (75%) and Cristian Bilegan (25%) and has five locations: Bistrita – administrative and logistics headquarters, Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi and Timisoara.

As of 14 December, 488 projects with installed capacities of less than 1 MW were listed on the Ministry of Energy’s website. 57 projects were contracted and 182 were in the pre-contracting stage. 27 projects were under evaluation or re-evaluation out of the 230 that were within budget. A further 58 projects were still under evaluation, over budget, and 154 were rejected. Of these, 17 were rejected in the pre-contracting process.

245 projects with installed capacities of more than 1 MW applied for funding through the NRRP. 27 projects were contracted and 75 were in the pre-contracting stage. Four projects were under evaluation out of the 106 that were within budget. A further 61 projects were still under evaluation, over budget, and 78 were rejected. Austrian company CCE Holding starts construction of its first 40 MW photovoltaic park in Romania.