May 05, 2014 13:58 
Constantin Nita, the
Minister of Economy, said on Saturday, while visiting Targu-Jiu, that the
procedures for creating the joint venture between the Oltenia Energy Complex and the Chinese company Huadian will be initiated within six weeks, according to
Agerpres.
The project concerns
investments estimated at 1 billion euro for the thermal power plant in Rovinari,
where a new energy production unit with a power capacity of 600 MW will be set.
“This project is being finalized, in six
weeks we will begin creating the joint venture between the Oltenia Energy Complex
and Huadian and we hope that all technical documentation necessary to effectively
start works on this project will be completed by the end of the year. It is a
large project of 600 MW which will create about 400 new jobs, but more
importantly, it will retain other 3000 jobs”, the Minister said, quoted by the newswire.
He also specified that the Rovinari thermal power plant has
been allocated 30 million euro funds for modernization this year, likewise the
Turceni power station, which is being refurbished after the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development provided a 200 million euro financing. Both
power plants are part of the Oltenia Energy Complex which should run an IPO for
15 percent of its stake this year according to the privatization schedule. Yet,
due to delay in restructuring the Complex, the public offering is very likely
to be postponed for the next year, as Fondul Proprietatea, the minor
shareholder, announced last week.
The Oltenia Energy Complex was founded after the merger between the National
Company of Lignite Oltenia Targu-Jiu, the Turcen Energy Complex, the Rovinari
Energy Complex and the Craiova Energy Complex.
