In the current context, all market mechanisms for installing new capacities of around 2,500-3,000 MW in a maximum of three years should be identified first, capacities that should be non-renewable, in parallel with the large-scale installation of renewable solar or wind power and storage capacities of at least 1,000 MW, said Dumitru Chiriţă, president of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE).

“In the current context, all market mechanisms for installing new capacities of around 2,500-3,000 MW in a maximum of three years should be identified first, capacities that should be non-renewable – which have random operation – in parallel with the installation of large-scale solar or wind renewables and storage capacities of at least 1,000 MW. Prosumers could help correct the imbalance of supply and demand in the electricity market, with multiple advantages in the operation of electricity networks and meeting local consumption requirements. Joining this European course, given the growth trend recorded in 2021 in the number of prosumers, for Romania we forecast for the end of 2022, the existence of about 30,000 prosumers, or about 150 MW of installed capacity, with the prospect that at the end by 2030 to register an installed capacity of about 400-500 MW,” said the head of ANRE, according to Agerpres.

The new bills will help more consumers, but in the medium to long term, investments in new production capacity and Black Sea gas must be facilitated, he said.

“Another priority is investments in the exploitation of natural gas fields in the Black Sea, especially in the perspective in which gas is considered a transition fuel to a green economy, according to the plans of the European Union, and Romania is a country with a long tradition in energy resources and must play a key role in the energy transition,” says the ANRE representative.

From the point of view of climate constraints, promoting the production of electricity from renewable sources remains a top priority in line with European policy. In the short term, a solution could be to promote the distributed electricity to meet local electricity consumption, he said.