Fantanele-Cogealac Wind Farm, Romania
The 600MW Fantanele-Cogealac Wind Farm in the Dobruja province of Romania is the seventh largest wind farm in the world. The wind farm is spread across 2,700 acres of open field 17km west of the Black Sea shore. CEZ Group owns and operates the facility.
Fantanele-Cogealac is currently the largest onshore wind farm in Europe. The first turbine of the wind farm was installed in June 2010 and the last turbine was grid connected in November 2012.
The 240 GE 2.5 XL wind turbines with a rated capacity of 2.5MW each account for about one tenth of the total green energy production in Romania. The turbines have an average rotor diameter of 99m.