DTEK Group has achieved first power at its debut projects outside Ukraine.
The two Romanian projects – one wind and one solar – are the first in an EU portfolio that will span Italy, Poland, Romania and Croatia.
These are being developed by DTEK’s wholly owned subsidiary DTEK Renewables International (DRI), based in the Netherlands.
DTEK Group is already the largest producer of renewable energy in Ukraine, with 1.1GW of installed capacity.
At COP28 last December, it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vestas to expand its Tyligulska windfarm near Kherson, a €450m investment that will create Eastern Europe’s largest wind farm.
The two projects in Romania are the first in DRI’s plans to reach 5GW of installed capacity within the EU by 2030.
Together they involved a total investment of €150m.
Project Ruginoasa is a 60MW wind farm with 10 Vestas V162-6.0 MW turbines in Lasi County, Romania.
Building work began in March 2023, working with contractors Eximprod Engineering, Tractebel Engineering, and Electromontaj. The total investment is €107m.
Project Glodeni is a 53MW solar park in Mureș County, Romania.
Like Ruginoasa, construction began in March 2023, with power accepted by Transelectrica on 5 January 2024.
DRI partnered with specialist contractors and manufacturers including Ostenweg, Risen, Ideematec, Krone Solar, and Energobit.
The total investment is €43m.