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Short posts on Romanian energy regulation, the connection register and the KP1 storage call, from the Sol Associates page and from Radu Voinescu. Each post keeps its visual, its sources and a link to the original. Longer, fully sourced notes are in Insights.

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Sol page27 October 2026

We built the EPC section on public data

Start with one decision, and grow only if it pays.

Radu26 October 2026

Three wind-specific dependencies are the ones I would add to a PV-style programme

The route.

Sol page26 October 2026

Wind is not a bigger solar plant

For a solar or storage EPC, that suggests a sequence.

Sol page23 October 2026

Five things an entrant typically has to clear before a first Romanian renewables bid

1.

Sol page22 October 2026

A wind farm is eight work packages

The eight: access roads and oversize logistics, crane pads, foundations, the turbine supply and erection interface, the medium-voltage collection network, the…

Radu22 October 2026

Before I look at a unit rate on a wind balance-of-plant package, I read the interface matrix

Three questions come first.

Sol page21 October 2026

Not every contractor entering Romanian renewables starts from the same place

An international EPC that builds renewables elsewhere carries a set-up risk: owners typically expect a Romanian entity or branch, relevant electrical scopes need an…

Radu21 October 2026

When an enquiry about a Romanian wind, solar or storage entry reaches me, I look for four things before I…

The project stage.

Radu19 October 2026

I read a pipeline number by stage before I read it by size

ANRE's position at 1 July 2026: projects holding a signed grid-connection contract total 55.4 GW of maximum approved evacuation power, across 986 projects.

Sol page19 October 2026

Romania has the projects

ANRE's 1 July 2026 position: renewable projects with a signed grid-connection contract have 55.4 GW of maximum approved evacuation power.

Radu16 October 2026

A suggested reading method for Romanian power-market files: four source groups, each answering a single…

Monitorul Oficial: what is law, and from which date.

Sol page16 October 2026

Reserve procurement and projects that include storage are two different quantities, even though both are…

In September 2026 the average contracted reserve capacity was 112 MW of frequency containment reserve (FCR), 175 MW of aFRR in each direction, and 453 MW up and 250…

Radu15 October 2026

When a KP1 study reaches me, I ask the author two questions before I read the conclusions

First: which energy figure is used throughout, and is it the same one in the 2:1 check and in the aid request?

Sol page15 October 2026

The KP1 storage call closes on 30 October 2026 at 14:00 Bucharest time, 15 calendar days after this post

1.

Sol page14 October 2026

Count the connection register by voltage and the same file gives two opposite pictures

The Transelectrica register holds 5,119 entries as at 31 December 2025.

Radu14 October 2026

Before I rank anything in a connection register, I split it by voltage

In the Transelectrica register, as at 31 December 2025, the average entry at 1 kV or below is about 0.04 MW.

Sol page13 October 2026

Public tenders run on a short clock, and the clock is printed on the notice

Between 15 September and 2 October 2026, Sol's SEAP monitor captured 327 procurement notices that matched energy-related terms.

Radu13 October 2026

A regulatory calendar is only useful if every line on it can be defended

The one we keep at Sol Associates applies three tests before a date goes in.

Radu12 October 2026

When I look at a duck curve as a developer, I check the ratio before the spread

September 2026 against September 2025, Romanian hourly day-ahead: peak minus trough moved only from EUR 220 to EUR 231/MWh.

Sol page12 October 2026

Romania's duck curve, September 2026 against September 2025

The shape held: the midday trough sits at 14:00-15:00 and the evening peak at 20:00-21:00 in both years; the level moved.

Sol page9 October 2026

A register row has three dates and a status

The Transelectrica connection register holds 5,119 entries as at 31 December 2025.

Radu9 October 2026

The first thing I check on an AI file is which regime applies

Connection contracts above 1 MW that were already in force on 25 May 2026 have a separate AI deadline of 25 May 2027 (ANRE Order 15/2026, Art.

Radu8 October 2026

A public notice is a calendar problem before it is a pricing problem

Four questions I settle before I read the technical annexes:

Sol page7 October 2026

What does a battery storage system cost, and what could it earn in a model?

Cost first, public numbers only.

Radu6 October 2026

Before I use any grid register, I do three things

First, I count by technology and then I sum by megawatts.

Sol page6 October 2026

One grid operator appears under five different spellings in the Transelectrica connection register

The register holds 5,119 entries as at 31 December 2025.

Sol page5 October 2026

Two clocks, one month: what is due before 30 October

The KP1 call closes 30 October and the AI backstop is 25 May 2027. The feasibility study is the real constraint.

Radu5 October 2026

The KP1 question to ask first is about the study, not the upload

The feasibility study must be complete at submission. Four questions to settle weeks before anyone opens MySMIS2021.

Radu2 October 2026

Two guarantees that look alike in a model and are not

Order 15/2026 sets a 20 percent connection guarantee, Order 16/2026 adds 30 EUR/kW at AI filing. Different base, different trigger.

Sol page2 October 2026

Reading a Romanian ATR: five fields, two of them read wrong

What the Transelectrica connection register actually tells you, and where the labels mislead.

Sol page1 October 2026

Four things disqualify a KP1 storage filing after the study is paid for

Co-location, grouped structures, replacement capacity and double funding each bite late. Screen for them first.

Sol page17 September 2026

Taking your AI at the earliest date can cost you the project

Issuing the establishment authorisation starts a filing clock. It is a duty to file documents, not to reach financial close.

Sol page14 September 2026

Three deadlines are shaping Romanian energy this autumn

A funding window, a statutory backstop and a filing duty look like one queue and are three clocks.

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