Photovoltaic Park – Rediu, Botosani, Romania | Interreg Europe

By project ENERSELVES

Published on 05 June 2018

Romania

Nord-Est

Ovidiu Savu

Head of External Cooperation Office

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About this good practice

The photovoltaic park is located in Rediu forest area of Botosani has a nominal installed capacity of 3.5 MW, feds 4,500MWh annually in the National Energy Grid, energy produced by the valorisation of the renewable energy resources. The park stretches over an area of 85,000 square meters of land with 12,168 photovoltaic panels installed.

The photovoltaic power plant is made up of 285 Wp (Trina Solar) polycrystalline panels mounted on a metal structure 32-degree inclined to the south. A decentralized solution of the inverter network was used using 507 inverters of 7 kW each (SMA) connected in 111 junction boxes, 22 distribution boxes and 4 transformer stations produced and installed by Electroalfa company.

Resources needed

Total investment: 14 million Euro of which 30% EU funding (4.2 million Euro, through the Administration of the Environment Funding in Romania) and 70% own contribution of the company.

Evidence of success

Now, the park provides 10% of the photovoltaic energy produced at national level and is capable to provide the needed electric energy for consumption of 2,500 flats (apartments in the city). Starting from 2012 the annual energy production was almost constant as following:
• December 2012: 74.5 MW
• 2013: 4,183.4 MW
• 2014: 4,023.7 MW
• 2015: 4,384.2 MW
• 2016: 4,328.7 MW

Potential for learning or transfer

The project is one of the largest of its kind (size and installed power) in the North-East Region of Romania and among the few in the country. Despite the fact that the North-East Region of Romania does not face very good conditions of sunlight days over the year, it proves that this kind of installation could provide constant energy production. Nowadays, the private company is erecting a brand new production facility for energy-related products and components located into the vicinity of the photo-voltaic park which is going to be fed with electricity taken over from the park.