Europe needs a realistic strategy for the coming years to increase its capacity to produce low-carbon electricity and achieve its proposed CO2 reduction targets, HENRO officials say. In this regard, the efforts of ministers from Romania, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia, together with trade unions representing the interests of energy workers, have proved successful and contributed to the inclusion of nuclear energy in the EU taxonomy.

Decarbonisation is one of the EU’s climate neutrality goals by 2050, but achieving this goal by supporting “green” investment requires a pragmatic and realistic approach that does not jeopardize security of supply.

In the current geo-political context and with a view to doubling the need for electricity in the next 30 years, urgent and stable measures are needed. Nuclear power ensures a baseload and low-carbon electricity production, being essential in the energy mix and the operation of an electric power system. Natural gas is also a vector of transition to clean energy and the development of mature and secure technologies to replace or complement the use of natural gas as an energy resource.

The complementary delegated act approved by the European Parliament, which will enter into force on 1 January 2023, prioritises investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency given the urgency of reducing dependence on fossil fuels in Russia and diversifying sources of supply.

The European Union is therefore having less than 30 years to decarbonise the economies of the Member States in a sustainable way, and the recent decision stresses the commitment to achieve this goal.

”Romania has already committed itself to this endeavor and HENRO member companies are engaged in this process of implementing a new market model, in order to reduce energy dependence and to contribute to Romania’s recognition as a regional and European hub for energy security,” say HENRO officials.