The Romanian branch of the Greek group Public Power Corporation, or PPC, plans to build a battery energy storage system for electricity produced from renewable sources at its transformer station in C\u0103ciula\u021bi (Ilfov). This is part of the company\u2019s plan to install storage facilities in the distribution networks it operates in Romania.<\/p>\n
The new electricity storage facility will be connected to the existing 20\/110 kV C\u0103ciula\u021bi Electrical Transformer Station and will replace a concrete building that will be demolished. The new total electricity storage capacity will be 15 MWh, and the investment in this project is estimated at approximately EUR 3.6 million.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe proposed investment consists of the construction of an electricity storage system, interconnected with the existing 20\/110 kV C\u0103ciula\u021bi electrical transformer station, to ensure the balance between demand and supply,\u201d according to documents analyzed by Profit.ro<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The project will be developed on land owned by Re\u021bele Electrice Rom\u00e2nia S.A., with a total area of 5,761 square meters. The built-up area of the project, occupied exclusively by the storage system, is 870 square meters.<\/p>\n Over the last few years, Romania\u2019s share of energy originating from renewable sources soared.\u00a0At the end of April 2025, Romania had a total of 219,245 prosumers, with a cumulative installed capacity of over 2,634 MW, according to ANRE data.\u00a0In fact, excess energy from photovoltaic production became a problem for the national power grids, especially during sunny days.\u00a0<\/p>\n In response, energy distributors began investing in battery systems. PPC subsidiaries in Romania are currently investing in storage facilities at six local renewable energy production plants, projects qualified for non-reimbursable EU financing from the Modernization Fund.\u00a0<\/p>\n In 2023, PPC took over the main Romanian operations of Italy\u2019s Enel, then a large energy distributor.\u00a0The company, which announced EUR 3 billion in investments<\/a> in Romania over the next three years, is also investing in storage facilities for the electricity produced by its wind and photovoltaic parks in the country.<\/p>\n