R.Power Picks Nomad Electric for 55-MWp Solar Project in Romania

• Poland’s R.Power chooses Nomad Electric to construct a 55-MWp solar farm in Romania, expanding its local pipeline and highlighting the nation’s fast-growing photovoltaic market ahead of 2030 targets.

Polish independent power producer R.Power has named Warsaw-based engineering specialist Nomad Electric as the general contractor for a 55-MWp photovoltaic plant in Romania, the companies announced today. The EPC contract covers detailed design, procurement of equipment, full civil and electrical works, and grid‐connection services, with commercial operations targeted for the second half of 2026. Financial terms were not disclosed, but R.Power said the project will be financed through a mix of equity and project debt arranged with local lenders.

The new plant is part of a broader build-out that began last year when R.Power secured 15-year contracts for 85 MWp across five Romanian sites in the country’s inaugural contracts-for-difference (CfD) auction, giving it long-term revenue certainty in a volatile power market. The developer now claims a pipeline exceeding 200 MWp with grid permits in hand and more than 1 GWp under various stages of development, backed by a recently signed 357-GWh power-purchase agreement that will run from 2026 to 2036.

For Nomad Electric, the deal cements its status as a go-to EPC and O&M partner in Central and Eastern Europe. Founded in 2020, the company has already delivered over 700 MWp of utility-scale solar and monitors 1.8 GWp through its proprietary SCADA platform, Nomad NX, while expanding into Portugal, Germany and now Romania.

Romania offers fertile ground for this collaboration. After installing a record 1.7 GW of solar capacity in 2024—about 600 MW at utility scale and 1.1 GW in distributed systems—the country’s cumulative PV fleet has approached 5 GW. Bucharest’s Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan calls for 8.3 GW of solar by 2030, supported by successive CfD rounds and modernisation-fund grants, keeping the development pipeline well stocked.

R.Power’s country director Ana-Maria Popescu said the appointment “takes us a decisive step closer to delivering low-cost, domestic generation when Romania needs it most,” citing rising daytime demand and a push to retire coal. Nomad Electric CEO Michał Skorupa added that the project “showcases Polish engineering know-how exported at scale,” highlighting the firm’s bilingual Romanian-Polish engineering team and locally sourced balance-of-plant components.

Construction is slated to begin in early 2025 once final land consolidation and construction permits are issued. When energised, the array will generate roughly 85 GWh of green electricity a year—enough to power more than 50,000 Romanian homes and offset 63,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually, according to preliminary yield studies.

With today’s contract award, both companies are positioning themselves to ride Romania’s solar surge while contributing to the European Union’s goal of adding 70 GW of new solar capacity annually out to 2030