EDP Peștera Wind Farm explained

EDP Peştera Wind Farm
Location:	Peștera, Constanța County
Status:	Complete
Ps Units Operational:	30
Ps Electrical Capacity:	90 MW
Commissioned:	2010

The EDP Peştera Wind Farm is located in Peștera a commune in the Constanța County of Romania. Costing €200 million, the wind farm consists of 30 three-bladed Danish wind turbines, each capable of generating 3 megawatts (MW) of power, giving a total output of 90 MW.^[1] The EDP Peştera Wind Farm is the sister project of the EDP Cernavodă Wind Farm, a 138 MW wind farm located 10km (10miles) west of the Peştera farm close to the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant and the Danube – Black Sea Canal.^[2]

The wind farm is owned by EDP Renováveis, the renewable energy branch of the Portuguese conglomerate Energias de Portugal.

Notes and References

1. Web site: EDP a finalizat parcul eolian de la Peştera. 2010-10-21. Bursa. Romanian. 2010-10-21.
2. Web site: Peştera şi Cernavodă, noile "sate eoliene" din Dobrogea. 2010-10-20. Ziarul Financiar. Romanian. 2010-10-21.