Environmental impact assessment

Project description
and objectives:

The proposed project involves the construction and operation of an overhead transmission line (OHTL) of 400 kV nominal voltages between the town of Oradea (Romania) and Békéscsaba (Hungary) at the Romanian-Hungarian border. The  OHTL on the Romanian territory consists of two distinct sections:

• Single circuit section of 74 km between Oradea South and Nadab, laid on 211 single circuit RODELTA-type steel towers; and
  
• Double circuit section of 23 km between south Nadab and the mile stone no. 54 at the Romanian-Hungarian border, laid on 67 double circuit DONAU-type steel towers.

The new OHTL will allow Romania to integrate its electricity systems with the European network through an interconnection between the Romanian power utility Transelectrica and the Hungarian power utility “MVM”. It will bring benefits to both UCTE system security and regional electricity market. It will also close the internal transmission ring in the Romanian northwest area and increase the reliability of the transmission system operation. The above project structure will allow both power systems (Romanian and Hungarian) to maximize the economic and technical benefits provided by the new interconnection.

There is a project summary document available for this project.

EIA summary:

Executive summary (English)  (0.4Mb)
Executive summary (Romanian)  (0.4Mb)

Full EIA availability:

Full EIA documentation is available locally at:

Agentia de Protectia Mediului Arad
municipiul Arad,
Bdl. Dragalina, nr.16

tel/fax 40 257 280996, 280331, 281461

Contact person: Adina Orasan

Agentia de Protectia Mediului Bihor
municipiul Oradea,
Bdl.Dacia, nr.25A

tel/fax: 40 259 440590

Contact person: Mariana Vasiu

And

EBRD Resident Office
8 Gina Patrichi Street
Sector1,
Bucharest

Tel: +40212027100
Fax:+40212027110

And

Enquiries:

Mr Razvan Purdila
Director Investment Projects Management Division
Transelectrica S.A.
33 General Gh.Magheru Blvd.
Bucharest - 1, RO-70164
Romania

Tel: 0040 21 303 5616
Fax: 0040 21 303 5660

email: rpurdila@transelectrica.ro