GE Vernova Expands European Onshore Wind Presence with Romania Deal
GE Vernova announced what it called a milestone agreement for onshore wind in Europe, announcing a deal with Public Power Corporation Renewables (PPC R) to supply, install, and commission 23 of GE Vernova’s 6.1-MW 158-meter turbines for a wind farm in Vaslui County, Romania.
The deal, which was booked by GE Vernova in the second quarter of 2024, expands the presence of GE Vernova’s Onshore Wind business in Romania by adding 140 MW to the company’s existing installed base of more than 700 MW in the country.
Gilan Sabatier, Chief Commercial Officer for GE Vernova’s Onshore Wind business in International Markets, said, “We are delighted to be growing our business further in Romania with one of the leading renewable energy companies in Southeast Europe. Technology has an important role to play, and this deal reinforces our view that our workhorse turbines and our in depth knowledge of the grid can make a meaningful contribution in driving the growth of wind energy in Romania and across Europe.”
Initial deliveries for the project are scheduled for the first half of 2025, and the project is expected to achieve full operation by the end of next year. GE Vernova on Tuesday said the agreement “aims to enable both companies to support Romania in its goal of adding significantly more renewable energy by 2030.”
“We are honored that PPC Renewables has chosen GE Vernova turbines for their Vaslui project in Romania,” Sabatier said. “The project is expected to support Romania’s energy strategy and the country’s plans to install an additional 5 GW of wind by 2030, while enabling GE Vernova to achieve its mission of delivering industry leading technology to electrify and decarbonize the world.”
Sabatier added, “This project reinforces our ongoing commitment to help lead the energy transition in the European Union, where we have a long history, have installed thousands of wind turbines, and are using our latest technology in projects like this.”
Konstantinos Mavros, PPC Renewables CEO and PPC Group Deputy CEO of RES, said, “We are grateful for signing a new supply agreement with GE Vernova, for the implementation of our emblematic wind park in Vaslui County [Romania], which consists of 23 wind turbines of total installed power of 140 MW. Our energy portfolio is gradually expanding into new countries, setting PPC as the largest clean energy company in Southeast Europe with 4.7-GW production capacity from renewables, projects of 2.8 GW under construction or at the ready-to-build stage, and a project pipeline of 20 GW.”
GE Vernova’s Onshore Wind business has a total installed base of about 56,000 turbines and nearly 120 GW of installed capacity worldwide.
—Darrell Proctor is senior editor for POWER (@POWERmagazine).