ROMANIA: Transelectrica estimates that it will fully fulfill the maintenance plan for 2024, worth over 127 million lei
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The National Electric Power Transmission Company Transelectrica SA will carry out, in proportion to 100%, the planned maintenance of the Electric Transmission Network (RET) for the year 2024, with a value of over 127 million lei.
According to a press release from Transelectrica, the maintenance activity is the factor that ensures the stability of the energy infrastructure and contributes to maintaining the operational safety of the network in addition to the implementation of new investment projects.
The current state of the network, the degree of achievement of the maintenance program, the specific actions to prepare for the cold season and the prospects for 2025 are priority topics for the transport and system operator during this period, all of which were analyzed internally in a meeting attended by the executive management of the company, the specialized departments responsible and involved in the process, the Territorial Transport Branches, as well as representatives of SMART SA, the Transelectrica contractor for the minor maintenance works.
“During the year 2024, the minor maintenance activity was ensured with efficiency and effectiveness by the work formations of SMART SA, which promptly responded to the maintenance and repair needs of the RET”, the press release reads.
The National Electricity Transmission Company Transelectrica SA manages an annual RET Maintenance Program that includes projects adapted to the current needs of the national electricity transmission network. It is implemented through minor maintenance works, ensured through the interventions of SMART SA, a subsidiary of Transelectrica, and through major maintenance works ensured by contractual partners selected on the basis of competitive procedures.
Among the most important major maintenance projects included in the Program is the work for LEA 400 kV double circuit Tănțareni – Kozlodui, interconnection line with Bulgaria, with a value of over 34 million lei, for which current repairs and which will be completed in the first part of November. This work contributes to increasing the operational safety of the Electric Transmission Network in the southern part of the country and ensures cross-border exchanges of energy with Bulgaria.
Also, in order to facilitate the maintenance activity, Transelectrica uses modern technologies that ensure both the continuity of the supply of consumers and the availability of the Electric Transmission Network. Among these technologies is the working under tension technique (LST), which allows maintenance works to be carried out according to planning, preventing congestion in the network. In this sense, an important major maintenance work that will start in 2025 and will include an LST component is the one on LEA 400 kV Cernavodă – Gura Ialomiţei Circuit 1.
The electrical transmission network managed by Compania Nationala de Transport al Energiei Electrice Transelectrica SA currently has a length of approximately 9,140 kilometers of overhead power lines of 400 kV, 220 kV and 110 kV and 81 electrical transformation stations. In the last six years, the National Transport and System Operator has built over 400 kilometers of new 400 kV overhead power lines, and by 2030, 740 kilometers of high-voltage overhead power lines are under construction with a total value of over 380 million euros.
