Econergy has connected its 59 MW Iancu Jianu solar project in Romania to the grid, the developer's fifth project connected in the country and part of a broader push into hybrid solar-storage assets across Romania.
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The plant is now ramping up electricity delivery to the network, and the connection lifts Econergy's Romanian portfolio to 743 MW of connected and ready-to-connect capacity, with a further 861 MW under construction.
Hybridisation comes to Iancu Jianu
The company is also adding a 35 MW (70 MWh) battery storage system at the same site, currently under construction and due to connect in the second quarter of 2027. The addition fits Econergy's wider hybridisation strategy in Romania, co-locating storage with existing solar assets to diversify revenue through grid balancing services, price arbitrage and peak demand response rather than relying on power sales alone.
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Romania has become one of the more active solar markets in Southeastern Europe in recent years, driven partly by a grid that, like several of its neighbours, has struggled to absorb rising renewable output without curtailment or price volatility during periods of high generation. Co-locating storage with solar, as Econergy is doing at Iancu Jianu, is one of the more direct responses developers across the region have taken to manage this constraint, keeping surplus power in reserve rather than losing it to curtailment or negative pricing. (TF)
