Austrian energy company Enery is advancing with plans to construct Europe’s largest solar power plant in Romania, with construction set to begin early next year. The 750 MW facility, located in Giurgiu county near Bucharest, will surpass Germany’s current largest solar park. A key feature of the project is a massive 1.07 GWh battery energy storage system, underscoring Romania’s growing importance in the European renewable energy sector. The company is finalizing preparations and aims for the plant to be commercially operational by the end of 2027.
Liviu Gavrilă, Enery’s Head of Romania, confirmed that only a few final steps remain before work commences on the giant solar farm in Ogrezeni. While the plant is designed for a peak capacity of 750 MW, it obtained a grid connection approval for 534 MW in 2023. Upon completion, this facility will overtake Germany’s 650 MW Witznitz plant as the single largest solar installation in Europe. For comparison, Spain hosts an 850 MW solar cluster, but it is composed of 17 distinct units.
The Ogrezeni project, also known as the Baboia Solar Plant, is part of a major renewable energy expansion in Romania. It is rivaled by another significant development, the 1.04 GW Dama Solar project in the northwest of the country. Both projects, which have secured state support, are designed as hybrid power plants incorporating large-scale battery storage. Enery’s facility will include a battery energy storage system (BESS) with 534 MW of power and a two-hour duration, equating to a storage capacity of 1.07 GWh.
Enery is committed to integrating energy storage across its portfolio. “We want to install batteries for all our production capacities in Romania. But we are also active in the area of stand-alone storage installations,” Gavrilă stated. The company currently has 167 MW in operation in Romania, including the recently completed 54 MW solar plant in Titu, which is being prepared for test runs. The Dama Solar project, by comparison, is scheduled to come online in the third quarter of 2028.