Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm
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 Location of Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm in Romania
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| Country | Romania |
| Location | Fântânele / Cogealac |
| Coordinates | 44°35′25″N 28°33′55″E / 44.59028°N 28.56528°ECoordinates: 44°35′25″N 28°33′55″E / 44.59028°N 28.56528°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 2008 |
| Commission date | 2012 |
| Owner(s) | CEZ Group |
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| Type | Onshore |
| Site area | 110 km2 (42 sq mi) |
| Hub height | 100 m (328 ft) |
| Rotor diameter | 99 m (325 ft) |
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| Units operational | 240 |
| Make and model | General Electric: 2.5XL |
| Nameplate capacity | 600 MW |
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Website http://www.cez.cz/en/power-plants-and-environment/wind-power-plant/fantanele-cegealac-wind-park.html |
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The Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm is the largest onshore wind farm in Romania and in Europe, with installed nameplate capacity of 600 MW from 240 General Electric 2.5xl wind turbines. The wind farm has been built for the ČEZ Group.
The project was first envisioned by United States developer Continental Wind Partners, a renewable energy partnership backed by private equity fund Good Energies Investments with operations in several countries including Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Australia and New Zealand. In 2008 Continental Wind Partners agreed to sell the 600 MW wind farm project to the Czech energy utility ČEZ Group.
Planning permission was granted in 2007 and construction began in September 2008, with the first turbine being erected by August 2009. The first stage of the project, the Fântânele farm, was finished in December 2010 with the erection of 139 turbines. The second phase of the project involved the construction of another 101 wind turbines erected in Cogealac and has a nominal power output of 252.5 MW and was completed in November 2012.
The wind farm occupies 1,100 hectares (2,700 acres) of open field, 600 hectares (1,500 acres) in Fântânele and 500 hectares (1,200 acres) in Cogealac communes. The wind farm is north of Constanţa, 17 kilometres (11 mi) west from the shore of the Black Sea.
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