The permits issued for green energy currently amount to a capacity of 2,800 MW and more than 18,000 MW of production capacities are still under drafting, and they must be injected into the grid at some point, said Gabriel Andronache, the president of Directorate of Transelectrica.
“There are a lot of things to do in this country, and the dynamics in the energy area are very high. If 15-20 years ago we have production capacities that were large enough, but also polluting, in the meantime things have changed and we have begun to adapt to the international market and to meet all the challenges. If in 2015 we had a capacity to interconnect with neighboring countries at around 1,500 MW, now we have 3,000 MW. We will also double this capacity to 6,000 MW during the next ten years. All this – to meet the new challenges.
”At the moment we have green energy from renewable sources: wind – with a capacity of 3,000 MW, photovoltaic – with 1,450 MW, hydro – over 6,500 MW, all installed. All this must ultimately ensure the stability and security of the National Energy System, so that each of us, on the producer-transporter-distributor-supplier chain, can carry that current to both the industrial and household final consumers. Right now the world is moving towards this Green Deal. We have issued permits for green energy with a capacity of 2,800 MW and over 18,000 MW are currently under construction. All these production capacities must be injected into the grid. Unfortunately, production capacities are unevenly distributed at country level,” Andronache explained, according to Agerpres.
He added that the network needs to be strengthened, “so that we can make the evacuation from the Dobrogea area, for example, where we have over 1,400 (MW n.r.) in nuclear and most green energy capacities.”
“Everything has to be taken also to the Transylvania area, where there are many very strong industrial consumers who need that electricity. A transport means our own technological consumption which becomes high and which is found in our turnover. We buy energy at a price. We’ll do well in two or three years, but we’ll starve by September, so we need to look at all sources of funding to find an answer and a solution to solve the problem of the energy system, but also for the company to live. We are currently working on the 400 kV line, which is in the southwest, it is about the Iron Gates – Anina – Resita and in the next period, on the Modernization Fund, we will close this ring down to Timisoara. We have eight projects on the Modernization Fund… but they are still not enough because if we look at the legislation that comes on the offshore area, we will have new production capacity from there as well,” said the Transelectrica official.