Enel launches major power network modernization plan in Romania

The works will be finalized in six months and will involve the installment of two new sub-stations

Enel inaugurated in Bucharest the first working site for the power network modernization works, regarding the "Enel New Solutions" project, the most significant and comprehensive investment programme for power grid improvement ever implemented in Romania.

The programme was launched following the high number of interruptions reported in the last two years, due to obsolete grid infrastructures. The works will be finalized in six months and will involve the installment of two new sub-stations, besides the five already existing ones, the modernization of distribution containers and the replacement of the entire low voltage grid in the area, which is as old as 40 years. All the works will result in a 40% capacity increase in the area and considerable reductions in the number of outages. The programme will benefit about 5,000 household consumers.

"Thanks to this programme, all Bucharest, Ilfov and Giurgiu residents will finally enjoy a power infrastructure fully in line with EU standards. We are fully aware of the problems created by this obsolete network and this is the reason why we are focusing all our efforts and investments in this direction. We will actually replace old technologies from the '50s and the '60s with the most advanced technologies available in Europe at the moment", stated Claudio Zito, Head of Enel Romania.

Enel is investing over 700 million euros in the Romanian power network over the next five years, an amount which significantly exceeds the annual level of investments implemented in the Muntenia region prior to privatization. The works will be performed on all voltage levels - high, average and low - and will provide for the complete replacement of the infrastructure, modernization of energy stations and substations as well as introduction of the remote control technology "Telecontrol".