Energy Minister, Sebastian Burduja, says Romania must speed up the implementation of the strategic High Voltage Direct Current Interconnector project.
“We are obliged to accelerate the most important energy project for the coming years, the strategic High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Interconnector project from the Black Sea to the Western border. I continued yesterday and today the series of meetings with representatives of Transelectrica, Taqa, Meridiam, Fluor and E-Infra, whom I thank for their active and honest partnership,” Burduja wrote on Facebook.
The Minister said that during the meetings held these days, the working group presented the significant progress achieved and the concrete steps to be taken in the immediate future for the successful implementation of the project.
Pillar of development in the region
According to the Minister of Energy, the implementation schedule continues with the conclusion of a cooperation agreement between the parties in order to carry out the necessary feasibility study.
“It is probably the most important energy project for Romania in the coming years, given the objective I have set myself: Romania, a pillar of development and energy security for the entire region. Moreover, the project is vital for the modernization of Romania’s electricity transmission grid and will ensure the evacuation of the significant amounts of electricity that will be generated following the completion of Romania’s strategic investments in Units 3 and 4 of the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant, as well as in the offshore and onshore wind projects in the Dobrogea area,” Sebastian Burduja wrote on Facebook.
The Minister notes that, at the international level, “the project contributes to strengthening the integration of the regional and European energy market and increasing the security of supply for consumption in the South-East European area, supporting the increase of electricity export opportunities to neighboring countries”.