Transelectrica manages close to €52 million in EU funding for solar power and grid upgrades

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Romania's national electricity transmission company Transelectrica is managing €51.7 million in funding from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan's (PNRR) REPowerEU component to implement three investments for modernising, improving efficiency and digitalising the electricity transmission network.

The first project involves installing photovoltaic plants and energy storage systems to power internal services at 29 electrical transformation stations, receiving €29.6 million in funding. "The project targets mounting photovoltaic and storage installations in 35% of all managed electrical transformation stations, with a total installed capacity of 11.25 MW for photovoltaic plants and storage capacity of 19.10 MWh at 5 MW power," the company said. The installations will also ensure continuous autonomous operation of the 29 stations during unexpected breakdowns or system restoration.

Work is currently underway at 13 stations, with the remaining 16 in the design process. Six stations have completed photovoltaic panel installation, including five stations under Craiova Territorial Transport Branch and one under Bacău Territorial Branch. Through solar energy and storage solutions, Transelectrica will reduce dependence on market-purchased energy and optimise operational costs. The photovoltaic plants and storage installations will reduce the stations' electricity consumption from the grid by 50%.

The second project, "Smart retechnologisation", receives €13.8 million funding for equipping Transelectrica's subsidiary with latest generation equipment and clean technology machinery to provide maintenance services at the highest standards. The investment is currently in the monitoring and data centralisation phase, aiming to reduce average network intervention duration by 50%.

Subsidiary Teletrans completed and operationalised a modern data centre at the end of March with €8.4 million funding, currently used to strengthen cybersecurity of the electricity transmission network. The investment aims to increase transmission network and national power system resilience against cyber attacks through communications network modernisation and data centre creation.

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