Only 80 MW of the 1,500 MW of wind power announced by Iberdrola to become operational in 2011

Iberdrola energy group, one of the world's biggest players on the market of wind energy projects, will launch an 80 MW wind farm next year in Mihai Viteazu locality of Constanţa county, with this being as a matter of fact the only investment which has its network connection contract signed of the 1,500 MW the Spanish company plans for Romania.
Taking into account the farm's capacity, the investment of Mihai Viteazu is likely to get to 120-140m euros.
Like many other investors that chose to start wind energy projects in Romania, Iberdrola also works with a developer, called Eolica Dobrogea, together with which it has announced plans for the construction of 50 farms, in Dobrogea, with a cumulated capacity of 1,500 MW, almost equalling that of two reactors of Cernavodă nuclear power station.
However, according to Transelectrica data, of the 1,500 MW set to be installed in the 2011-2017 period, only 80 MW, namely the wind farm of Mihai Viteazu, have a signed network connection contract.