The implementation of new technology projects must be done quickly, not at the usual pace so far. Romania has to recover a gap with Western countries, which it can overcome, just as it happened in the telecom industry, said Lucian Enaru, CEO, Schneider Electric, during the 7th edition of the Energy Strategy Summit, an event organized by Energynomics.
“We need to want more and accelerate the integration process during this period. We need to relate to a global context, we must not limit ourselves to a local context, although the market opportunities we see at the moment are important. Everyone is talking about digitalization. If we think about the progress we have made in recent years, especially in the last year of the pandemic, we find that we are moving in the right direction. I would even give an example of acceleration. If you remember, a few years ago, Romania adapted communication technologies very quickly. It switched directly to GSM. Everyone now envies us for our communications infrastructure. We were able to make a leap and catch up with the rest of the developed world. We are in the same situation now, with technology, with digitalization”, said Enaru.
“We need more courage in our vision. An implementation or a development at the pace we have been accustomed to so far is not enough. We have to accelerate it because we have important steps to recover”, he added.
“We are talking about the development of technologies that did not exist in Romania until 5 years ago – from advanced storage systems to large data centers, which not only stand out in Romania but stand out in Europe. I am glad that Romania is willing to try to adopt new technologies – the problem is speed, pace. We need to compress the timeframe we implement all these projects in”, he added.
2021 Energy Strategy Summit was organized by Energynomics, with the support of Automatica, BCR, CE Oltenia, Chimcomplex, E.ON România, Electrica Furnizare, Electroalfa, EnergoBit, Enevo Group, FPPG, Greencells, Horvath & Partners, ING Bank, Hidroelectrica, MET România Energy, Nuclearelectrica, OMV Petrom, Photomate, Rolls Royce, Romgaz, Schneider Electric, Signify, Transgaz.
