The future depends on the new generations, who are heading the new technologies and trends, said Carmen Neagu, Strategy & Business Development Counselor, EnergoBit, at the 2019 Energy Strategy Summit, an event organized by energynomics.ro.

“Trends are digitalization and decarbonisation. Beyond innovation, we should gather all our resources to innovate in these directions. Decarbonisation shifts the focus for the year 2050 from 100% renewable since the initially launched mathematical models have not taken into account the objective realities of system operability and the sustainability of energy supplies. In addition, the thermal energy was not taken into account,” argued Neagu.

Technological developments that bring decarbonisation to the fore are bringing in the issue of innovation in general, as a result of digitalization developments found more attractive by financiers. “Today there is intense research on flex efficiency – even in the nuclear area – because the future without the maintenance of nuclear technology is questionable that it will only be possible with renewable energy, but also with other forms of energy. There is talk of bio-sustainable energy … there are Romanian companies that have technologies produced in Romania … we should also look in our own garden. I represent a Romanian company, and it is trying yet to produce in Romania”.

Hydrogen solutions, with low carbon emissions should be brought to Romania. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a solution produced in the country. Transitional gas technology will in turn need CCS.

“We are talking about extremely interesting solutions. A solution and a very important resource that we do not use today – waste to energy. We do not have local solutions ready, although we produce many waste. The future generation will ask for it – today’s children see on the street already that waste is not properly recycled.”

And there will be changes in the way the utilities work.

“We talk about internet of things, artificial intelligence. They will bring in very important directions,” Neagu said.

Autor: Bogdan Tudorache

Active in the economic and business press for the past 26 years, Bogdan graduated Law and then attended intensive courses in Economics and Business English. He went up to the position of editor-in-chief since 2006 and has provided management and editorial policy for numerous economic publications dedicated especially to the community of foreign investors in Romania. From 2003 to 2013 he was active mainly in the financial-banking sector. He started freelancing for Energynomics in 2013, notable for his advanced knowledge of markets, business communities and a mature editorial style, both in Romanian and English.