Sanko Enerji's €800 Million Tulcea Wind Farm: 56 Turbines, 403 MW and a 2027 Build Start
Sanko Enerji's 403.2 MW Dăeni wind farm in Tulcea has grid approval and an environmental permit, with construction planned for 2027.
The largest wind project in Tulcea County’s pipeline belongs to a Turkish family group that started in textiles in 1904. Sanko Enerji, the energy arm of Sanko Holding, is behind the 403.2 MW Dăeni wind farm: 56 turbines, about €800 million, a grid approval from Transelectrica and an environmental permit already in hand. Construction is planned to start in 2027.
The project in numbers
- Capacity: 56 turbines of 7.2 MW each, 403.2 MW installed, with grid connection approved for just over 394 MW.
- Investment: about €800 million, based on the developer’s earlier estimate.
- Location: outside the village area of Dăeni commune, Tulcea County, on more than 40 hectares.
- Infrastructure: three electrical substations and an underground cable network.
- Timeline: construction targeted for 2027, completion in 2029 or 2030 according to project documents; one filing gives commissioning by the end of 2031.
How Sanko is structured in Romania
- Project company: Oxigen Delta SRL, the Romanian developer.
- Turkish shareholder: Actto Renewables BV, a Dutch company based in Eindhoven and set up in 2024 as Sanko Energy Group’s international investment platform, holds 50%.
- Local partners: Romanian private shareholders hold the remaining stake.
- Funding route: Actto plans to fund the project through shareholder loans to the Romanian company, which can be converted into equity once the project succeeds.
A Dutch holding, shareholder loans and a Romanian project company: it is a classic structure for foreign investors who want treaty protection, flexible funding and a clean exit route.
Who is Sanko
Sanko Holding is a family-owned Turkish group founded in 1904 in textiles. Its energy division runs about 1,000 MW across hydro, wind, geothermal and hybrid plants in Turkey. Dăeni would be one of its largest single projects anywhere, and its first major wind asset in the EU.
Where Dăeni sits in Tulcea’s wind pipeline
Tulcea already hosts 38 wind farms with 387 turbines and about 832 MW. Twelve new projects received environmental approvals in the past year, adding up to 188 turbines and about 1,210 MW. Dăeni is the largest of them.
Romania’s wind fleet stood at about 3.1 GW at the end of 2024, below its peak a decade earlier. New CfD auctions and corporate PPAs are now pulling wind back into the investment cycle.
What to watch before 2027
- Financing: no bank or export-credit financing has been announced yet.
- Turbine order: no OEM has been named. At 7.2 MW per unit, the order will be among the largest onshore turbine contracts in Romania.
- Grid works: with 394 MW approved for connection, the transmission reinforcement schedule in north Dobrogea will shape the real start date.
Momentum Energy’s View
Dăeni is the clearest signal yet that Turkish industrial groups see Romanian onshore wind as a long-term EU platform, not a one-off trade. For investors and suppliers:
- Permits are the hardest part, and Dăeni has them. A Transelectrica approval plus an environmental permit makes this one of the most advanced large wind projects in Romania’s pipeline.
- The 2027 start depends on financing. Watch for a lender group, a CfD bid or a corporate PPA in 2026 and early 2027. Any of these would confirm the timeline.
- Supply chain opportunities will be large. Foundations, roads, cranes, cabling and three substations will need local contractors well before the first turbine arrives. Turkish investors in Romania planning similar projects should follow how this one moves from permit to financial close.
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