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Photovoltaic park built on site of former chemical plant in Valea Calugareasca
A photovoltaic park with a capacity of 5 MW will be built in Valea Calugareasca, Prahova County (southern Romania), on the site of the former chemical plant Romfosfochim. The project belongs to a private investor who drew funds from the European Union under the Sectoral Operational Programme 'Competitiveness and Economic Growth' (SOP CEG) 2007-2013.
The financing agreement for the project entitled ‘Construction project of a solar photovoltaic power plant' was signed on Wednesday, in Valea Calugareasca, by the Secretary of State with the Ministry of Economy, Maricel Popa, the total value of the investment exceeding 24 million euros (106,836,000 lei). The project will take 24 months to be completed.
Maricel Popa specified that approximately 13 million euros (58 million lei) of the total investment represent non-reimbursable funds.
The investment involves the construction of a solar photovoltaic power plant, with photovoltaic panels to generate a power of 5.38 MW, the solar panels and the related installations, all to be placed on the site of a former phosphogypsum pit that belonged to the former chemical plant in Valea Calugareasca.
The private Italian investor explained that the project has its particularities, in the context in which the photovoltaic park will be built on the site of a former phosphogypsum pit that was decontaminated, with the material still existing in the storehouse also being covered with a special membrane and sealed.
The representatives of the Italian company investing in Valea Calugareasca two years ago announced they wanted to build an eco-tech park on the site of the former chemical plant Romfosfochim, to cover a 50-hectare surface, the total investment following to reach, according to estimates back then, 100 million euros.
The chemical fertilizers plant Valea Calugareasca was established in 1970 and it stayed functional until 1997, after in 1990 it changed its name into Romfosfochim. The plant had installations to produce sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, chemical fertilizers, chemical products based on phosphor, clorhine, sulfur.