Hidroelectrica announces today the award of the contract for the “turnkey” implementation of the objective – floating photovoltaic panel system within the “Nufărul Pilot Project”.
The public procurement was initiated through open tender, with an estimated value of over 47.2 million lei excluding VAT. Two economic operators submitted bids to the procedure, and the award criterion was “the best quality-price ratio”.
The declared winning bid, worth 39.2 million lei excluding VAT, belongs to Waldevar Energy, which will benefit from the support of subcontractors and third-party supporters: MARINE RESEARCH, SC DHI-SW PROJECT SRL and MAKOR ENERGY SOLUTIONS. The project implementation period is 14 months, of which the duration of the works is 10 months.
This investment marks a premiere for the company, being the first project to install floating photovoltaic panels within Hidroelectrica.
The purpose of the investment for the “Floating photovoltaic panel system – NUFĂRUL pilot project” is to create a new electricity production capacity through a photovoltaic power plant located on the water surface of one of the reservoirs managed by Hidroelectrica.
The objectives pursued by creating a floating photovoltaic power plant (CEF) are related to:
- Creating additional electricity production capacity from renewable sources;
- Diversifying Hidroelectrica’s production portfolio;
- Capitalizing on the potential of the water surface of the reservoirs;
- Making the operation and exploitation of the electricity produced more efficient as a result of the synergy given by the use of solar production capacity with the hydro capacity on site;
- Accumulating know-how regarding the creation and exploitation of solar capacities;
- Replicating the concept and solutions used in this project in other hydropower developments.
The floating photovoltaic power plant will be located in the southern part of Romania, in Olt County, on the reservoir that serves the Ipotești Hydroelectric Power Plant, operated by Hidroelectrica.
The photovoltaic system consists of 620 Wp photovoltaic panels, 100 kW inverters and energy optimizers, total installed power in panels of 10 MW and energy produced of approximately 13.4 GWh/year.