Transelectrica announces “important progress” in modernizing two power substations

The National Electricity Transmission Company Transelectrica SA is making important progress in carrying out investment, refurbishment and modernization projects in the 400/220/110/6 kV Iernut and 220/110/20 kV Ungheni power substations. At the end of September 2020, the stage of the project carried out in the Iernut station will be completed, which creates the conditions for connecting the future 430 MW combined cycle power plant Iernut, belonging to SNGN ROMGAZ SA. Regarding the refurbishment process of Ungheni Station, the works are carried out in the assumed schedule.

“10 years of experience in the private sector has taught me that business is not run from the office if you want to achieve performance. Grass work is mandatory for the results to come. As a result, I seek to exercise my duties as a representative of the Romanian state at the National Company through field visits and permanent dialogue with those in charge of the company. We want Romania to become an energy leader in the Central and South-Eastern European region. In this sense, the Romanian Government applies a policy of encouraging investments made by national companies in the field. Each investment carried out by Transelectrica, especially those in Iernut and Ungheni stations, has as a long-term result, in addition to security in electricity supply, the support of the development of the Romanian economy “, said the Secretary of State in the General Secretariat of the Government, Lucian Rusu.

In the Iernut 400/200/110/6 kV Power Station, a complex investment is being carried out, with a value of over 30 million lei, which includes the installation of an autotransformer, the modernization of the command-control system of the entire power station, the connection of the Combined Cycle Power Plant. 430 MW, belonging to SNGN Romgaz SA, as well as the design and execution works of the protection systems related to the electrical connection lines of the new SPEE Iernut groups.

“The investment we are carrying out in the Iernut station has a special importance both for Transelectrica and for the National Electric Power System, but especially for the development of the national economy. We understand the acute need for investment and support the investment effort to develop Romania, and Transelectrica projects are the engine that drives the economic evolution of the country as a whole. The creation of the conditions for the connection to the SEN of a new power plant is such a project designed to pave the way for development and contribute to the security of electricity supply to consumers. That’s why I have carefully monitored this work in the last 8 months and together with the project teams of the Company and the contractors we managed to complete important stages of the project,” said the President of CNTEE Transelectrica SA, Catalin Nitu.