Constanta, May 17th, 2011: Companies Transelectrica and ALSTOM – EMON ELECTRIC have inaugurated the 400 kV substation Tariverde in Constanta County. The project has been carried out in 2 years. The total cost of the 400 kV substation Tariverde, Constanta County was of 26,500 million Euros, with financing from the project investor, CEZ, but also from the revenues of the connection fee. The project has been achieved at the highest technical and constructive standards by the ALSTOM – EMON ELECTRIC Consortium, representing the first important substation of the transmission grid to discharge the renewable electricity from wind farms. The Tariverde substation will provide connection of over 2,000 MW installed capacity to the Romanian Power System", has stated Mr. Horia Hahaianu, director general of Transelectrica. Transelectrica is Romania's transmission and system operator that manages, operates, maintains, modernises and develops the transmission grid that comprises 78 transformer electric substations of about 35,000 MVA, and 9,028 km of overhead lines at 110, 220, 400 and 750 kV, under the management of 8 transmission branches.