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Economy Ministry to remake national energy strategy
Remaking Romania's national energy strategy for a time horizon running to year 2035 is a main target of the Economy Ministry, director general with the Economy Ministry Alexandru Sandulescu said Wednesday.
He added that discussions are underway on a document that should be revised and a public debate on this document could be held this year.
'Discussions are underway on a document that should be revised because it quite outdated. The document will be put up for a public debate this year,' said Sandulescu.
He added that one of the main priorities of the Economy Ministry is attracting investors for Romania's energy sector, saying that there is a certain imbalance between the major interest of investors in renewable energy sources and a somewhat less major interest in other energy sources Romania still needs.
'There are big companies with a tradition in the use of coal, in electricity making, coming to Romania to invest in wind farms and less in photovoltaic facilities, but their area of interest in relation to Romania is centred there. In order to attract investors, we are working with other European countries as well as countries from South America and the Far East, because Romania has to be very attractive if it is to draw in the electricity investments required to replace outdated facilities,' Sandulescu explained.
Another province for the ministry's actions is the transposition into the national legislation of the latest European legislation. The official mentioned European Directive 27/2012 that creates a wide playing field in the province of energy efficiency and the use of renewable sources in buildings, particularly public buildings.
Sandulescu also talked about distributed production and micro-generation, warning that sun can play an important part because, with the exception of some land without an agricultural purpose, Romania's soil can play an important part in agriculture.
'It would be a shame for us to use this land that can yield crops to the benefit of big sun farms, but the distributed production and micro-generation provinces are perfect for the use of sun panels.