Romanian renewable-energy company Allview Energy has been awarded EPC contracts worth €20mn for a 50.9 MW solar power plant at Turda in Cluj County.
The contracts were awarded by Res Invest South East Europe, or PRESEE, and cover engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning. Allview will also provide operation and maintenance services for the first two years after commercial operation.
The scope includes a new 20/110 kV transformer substation, making the contract more extensive than a conventional photovoltaic installation package. The implied contract value is approximately €393,000 per MW, although the final project investment may include additional development, land, financing, grid and owner-supplied costs outside the EPC agreements.
The plant is expected to generate more than 54,000 MWh annually, equivalent to a capacity factor of approximately 12.1% and a specific yield of around 1,061 MWh per installed MW. Its output is projected to cover the annual consumption of roughly 18,000 households.
Estimated avoided emissions exceed 16,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, corresponding to about 0.30 tonnes for each MWh generated. The actual carbon benefit will vary with Romania’s marginal generation mix and the hours in which solar output displaces fossil-fuel production.
Allview will implement the project in partnership with Waldevar Energy. It is PRESEE’s first renewable investment in Romania to enter construction, making execution performance at Turda important for the investor’s wider regional pipeline.
PRESEE is also planning a second Romanian development in Brașov County comprising 90 MW of solar capacity and a 200 MWh battery energy storage system. The proposed battery would provide more than two hours of storage relative to the solar plant’s nominal capacity, allowing part of the midday output to be shifted into higher-priced evening periods.
Turda enters a Romanian market experiencing rapid photovoltaic growth and increasing midday price compression. The inclusion of a high-voltage substation improves the project’s control over its connection interface, but its long-term economics will still depend on curtailment exposure, balancing costs and whether electricity is sold through a PPA, support arrangement or merchant market.
