Transelectrica announces that the investment project to complete the 400 kV Banat Axis, part of the 400 kV Ring of Romania, marks important progress through the refurbishment of two key stations: Resita and Timisoara. These investments, with a total value of approximately 42 million euros, will make it possible to close the 400 kV Ring of Romania in the western area, a strategic project for the security of the country’s electricity supply and for the consolidation of the electricity transmission network and of the interconnection with the networks of the neighboring states. With the completion of the 400 kV Oradea Sud-Nadab Overhead Power Line section, in 2020, the degree of achievement of the 400 kV Ring of Romania reached is 70%.
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The 400 kV Oradea Sud – NÄdab Overhead Power Line was put into operation, thus making it possible for the entire 400 kV Oradea Sud – Nadab – Bekescsaba (Hungary) section to enter commercial operation, Transelectrica announces. The investment worth 4 million RON was completed six months before the contractual term, the works being executed by SC Electromontaj SA Bucharest. The construction of this line section will increase the cross-border capacity with Hungary to 1000 MW.
“The operationalization of the 400 kV Line Oradea Sud – Bekescsaba (Hungary) is a success in terms of securing electricity in the northwestern part of the country, thus allowing a sustainable economic development of this area, both through the possibility of connecting new consumers, as well as new renewable power plants. This investment has a significant contribution to increasing the safety of the National Electric Power System, to reducing the costs of managing network congestion and to reducing it
Transelectrica, as a transmission and system operator, ensures, starting with January 1, 2021, a significant cross-border capacity with the countries with which it operates interconnected – Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia and Ukraine – of 2,800 MW for export from Romania and 3,000 MW for import in Romania.
Through the extensive investment program in which the company is engaged, in the next five years, this cross-border capacity will double, which will allow the development of coupled electricity markets at European level, thus contributing to achieving the objectives of the European Union, “Internal electricity market” and “Clean energy for all Europeans.”
“Strengthening the electricity transmission network with an emphasis on increasing interconnection capacity is one of the priority objectives we have assumed. Romania, through Transelectrica, is part of the European electricity network and has the mission to ensure both national energy security and European energy securi