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Eolica Istria Wind Farm
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The Eolica Istria Wind Farm is a proposed wind power project in Istria
, Constanţa County
, Romania
. It will consist of two individual wind farms connected together. It will have 37 individual wind turbine
s with a nominal output of around 2 MW which will deliver up to 74 MW of power, enough to power over 47,000 homes, with a capital investment required of approximately US$75 million.
Istria
Istria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner...
, Constanţa County
Constanta County
Constanța is the name of a county in the Dobruja region of Romania. Its capital city is also named Constanța.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 715,151 and the population density was 101/km². The degree of urbanization is much higher than the Romanian average. In recent years the...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. It will consist of two individual wind farms connected together. It will have 37 individual wind turbine
Wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind charger. If the mechanical energy is used to drive machinery, such as for grinding grain or...
s with a nominal output of around 2 MW which will deliver up to 74 MW of power, enough to power over 47,000 homes, with a capital investment required of approximately US$75 million.