Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news You are receiving this pop-up because this is the first time you are visiting our site You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker) we are relying on revenues from our banners So please disable your adblocker and reload the page to continue using this site.Thanks a southern Romanian town renowned for its watermelon production growers are facing market saturation due to an unusual ripening pattern that saw all crops mature simultaneously This has resulted in a dramatic drop in prices with watermelons previously selling for 3-4 Romanian Leu per kilogram now going for approximately €0.10-0.16 accustomed to relying on the sale of these fruits for their livelihood are experiencing severe financial distress The situation is attributed to erratic weather conditions that prompted the synchronized ripening With Dăbuleni's watermelons constituting 16% of Romania's total production and Romania accounting for 22.8% of the EU's watermelon output this glut could potentially affect the broader European market The abundance of unsold watermelons is a stark contrast to the town's reputation for producing some of the country's finest watermelons highlighting the challenges faced by the agricultural sector Source: euronews.com Frontpage photo: © Baloncici | Dreamstime FreshPublishers © 2005-2025 FreshPlaza.com has put out to tender a contract for the purchase of a feasibility study for the construction of a 1,500 MW photovoltaic park in Dabuleni-Sadova The estimated value of the contract for this study is about RON 3 million and the cost of the photovoltaic park is estimated at EUR 1.2 billion the company is preparing several renewable energy projects that will position it among the biggest players in the domestic market and Hidroelectrica is awaiting bids from consultants for the studies needed to start the project by October 12 The contract award criterion is “best value for money” where the price has a weighting of only 40% in the score The rest of the score is awarded for the experience of the key personnel and the ANRE certified designer – 10% and for the work plan and resources used – 24% will be built on land leased directly from the State Property Agency (ADS) The project has already been declared by the Supreme Council of National Defence to be of national importance Hidroelectrica estimates in the specifications that 2,200 hectares will be used for the photovoltaic park The location is the best in Romania for a photovoltaic park with a solar radiation level of 1,400 kWh/sqm/year The project would also benefit from a 300 MW storage facility and would be connected to the 400 kV Tantareni-Kozlodui line the PV park can produce about 1.75 TWh of electricity per year the feasibility study is a lengthy process including both the technical and the permitting parts because we are talking about the environmental ones the study is expected to take about a year and a half to complete Another very important project of Hidroelectrica is the construction of a floating photovoltaic system with an installed capacity of 300 MW in Brasov County The company launched the tender for the purchase of a feasibility study in January this year the contract has already been awarded and should be ready in about a year and a half Hidroelectrica wants to use a site on which a 27 MW hydropower plant was planned before 1989 but which was abandoned because it was not economically justified The photovoltaic park should be ready sometime in 2024 it will be located within the ‘Mandra’ development on the Olt River in the basin of the former Fagaras-Hoghiz reservoir The energy that will be produced here would feed the hydrogen production unit that the company wants to build at Ostrov A feasibility study is also pending for its construction which would also establish the value of the investment The green hydrogen production unit on the Olt River would be designed for a capacity of 15,000 tonnes per year Hidroelectrica is aiming for a target sales price for hydrogen from Mandra of EUR 4 per kilogram by 2026 this would mean that the plant would generate revenues of around EUR 60 million annually Hydrogen would be extracted at a minimum yield of 75% and would be of the ‘ultra-high purity’ type Hidroelectrica reported a net profit of RON 3.94 billion for the first half of the year up 46% compared to the first six months of the previous year The profit achieved at mid-year is almost equal to that achieved for the whole year 2022 The company has seen exponential growth in the supply segment reaching almost 550,000 customers at the end of the first half of the year Hidroelectrica operates 182 hydropower plants and five pumping stations with a total installed hydropower generation capacity of 6.3 GW Hidroelectrica was listed this year on the Bucharest Stock Exchange Hidroelectrica is working on a wind farm project worth over EUR 650 million in a protected area in the Danube Delta 0 Hidroelectrica, Romania’s largest electricity producer received the government’s backing for a wind park project of 381.6 MW in the Danube Delta in the country’s southeast It prompted a reaction from 23 environmentalist organizations which stressed that Grindul Chituc is a protected area with the presence of almost three hundred bird species registered in the past ten years State-owned Hidroelectrica owns and operates 182 hydropower plants with a combined capacity of 6.3 GW as well as five pumped storage units. Its sole wind farm, Crucea Nord, has 108 MW Romania declared the plan for a solar power plant of as much as 1.5 GW Both projects would have to be completed by the end of 2026 to be eligible for funding from the European Union’s REPowerEU plan Proponents of the Grindul Chituc investment say the location has the potential like for an offshore wind park as it is on a stretch of land between the Black Sea and a group of lakes Be the first one to comment on this article 05 May 2025 - The delegations from the two countries met on the sidelines of the 10th summit meeting of the Three Seas Initiative 05 May 2025 - The Trebinje 3 photovoltaic plant would have an installed capacity of 53.63 MW and an estimated annual production of 85.5 GWh 05 May 2025 - VDE Renewables found that SolarEdge’s advanced safety capabilities minimize photovoltaic system risks and effectively prevent fire hazards 02 May 2025 - The project is located in Constanța county recognized for its superior yields in green energy production © CENTER FOR PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2008-2020 website developed by ogitive