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OMV Petrom, the largest integrated energy producer in South-Eastern Europe, has signed an EPCC contract – Engineering and Design, Procurement, Execution & Commissioning – for the 89 MWp Ișalnița project, the company says in a statement of the press.
The contract includes the construction of the photovoltaic park, the 110 kV power station for connection to the grid, as well as their operation and maintenance for a period of 2 years from commissioning.
The contract was awarded to the association of Romanian companies Actual Connect S.R.L., Global Technical Systems S.A. Bit Invest S.R.L., and Alpin Sun S.R.L. . following a selection process based on competitive criteria, the company says. The association of companies accumulates an experience of over 700 MW installed in photovoltaic systems in countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Hungary and Romania.
The Ișalnița photovoltaic project, for which the final investment decision was taken in June of this year, is the first large-scale photovoltaic project, fully developed by OMV Petrom. The park will have an installed capacity of approximately 89 MWp and is located in Ișalnița commune, Dolj county. The estimated annual production will be approximately 130 GWh. The next step in this project is the start of construction, with its completion and commissioning estimated to take place in the first half of 2026.
“This project supports OMV Petrom’s objective of having a portfolio of 2.5 GW of renewable energy projects, together with partners. The Ișalnița photovoltaic power plant can develop strong synergies with other projects already in the portfolio, strengthening the security of electricity supply from renewable sources. Also, as part of the call for projects within the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of Romania (PNRR), OMV Petrom submitted a project for the realization of a storage system with a capacity of 36 MWh, having an injection power in the network of 18 MW. If it receives funding, the system will be installed in the Ișalnița park”, Petrom states.
Işalniţa, Dolj County hosts a a thermal power station operating with one generating unit of 315 MW. The recovery and resilience plan for Romania included decommissioning of Unit 8, which was achieved in 2021. Unit 7 stopped production from January 1, 2024 and was put in reserve, according with Complex Energetic Oltenia’s plan to restructure the company.
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