Romania holds technical offshore wind potential of 76 gigawatts (GW), according to the latest data from the World Bank, released around the same time the country’s power producer Hidroelectrica revealed plans for Romania’s first offshore wind farm.

The 76 GW include both bottom-fixed and floating wind turbines. The potential for floating wind has been estimated to be more than double that of bottom-fixed wind turbines. Still, the figures for “conventional” offshore wind itself show nothing less than vast potential for the country on the Black Sea.