- Renewables consultancy OWC has concluded a zonal appraisal and technical-economic feasibility study in the Romania Black Sea.
- Under the new law, Romania aims to designate offshore wind energy areas and define tender procedures by mid-2025.
Renewables consultancy OWC has concluded a zonal appraisal and technical-economic feasibility study for an offshore wind area in the Romania Black Sea. This offshore wind could eventually add up to 3 GW of capacity.
The Romanian energy firm Black Sea Oil & Gas (BSOG) had contracted OWC to undertake a series of technical-economic studies to assess the commercial feasibility of offshore wind in this area.
Mark Beacom, CEO of BSOG, noted, “Working with OWC to fully assess the technical potential and commercial viability of Offshore Wind Development in Romania’s Black Sea and the ability to utilise our existing Midia Gas Development (MGD) energy corridor and our existing MGD lands for reception facilities is to realise up to 3 GW of development for Romania.”
Last month, Romania’s parliament passed a law to tap offshore wind energy in the Black Sea to contribute to renewable energy efforts and support energy independence.
Under the new law, Romania aims to designate offshore wind energy areas and define tender procedures by mid-2025, with a plan to build the first offshore wind project by 2032.
In July 2023, BSOG announced that, together with its partners in the MGD project, Petro Ventures Resources and Gas Plus Dacia, it had started the permitting process for a power corridor in the Black Sea along its existing MGD Project infrastructure to connect future offshore wind farms to the Transelectrica national power grid (SEN).
BSOG said last year that it would be the first power corridor permitted in the Romanian Black Sea with a designed capacity of 3 GW and a length of 126 kilometres. It added that it expected the completion of regulatory procedures by mid-2024.