Italian company Enel Green Power (EGP) has started the 34 MW wind farm in Romania, in Agighiol, Tulcea county in the Dobrogea area. The Agighiol plant, EGP's first wind farm in Romania, will produce about 100 million kilowatt hours of power a year, enough to meet demand of more than 35,000 households and cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 70,000 tonnes a year.

"We have a good list of projects that are entering the construction phase and will substantially increase our presence in the country in the next two years," EGP Chief Executive Francesco Starace said in a statement.

Romania's installed wind capacity is expected to rise to 600 MW in 2010 from 14 MW at the end of 2009 and to increase to a total of about 3,600 MW by 2015, EGP said.  Enel entered the Romanian market in 2005. It currently has 2.6 million clients, 93,000 km of network and around 5,000 employees.

editor@romania-insider.com