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Romania can contribute to the creation of the new European legal framework for renewable energy
Romania got experience in the area of renewable energy and thus can contribute to the creation of the new European legal framework for 2030 stated the state secretary in the ministry of energy Corina Popescu.
According to a press release of the Internnational Agency for Renewable energy (IRENA) IRENA and the Romanian ministry for energy organised on Friday in Bucharest a workshop on the issue of development of the renewable sector in the region.
‘We are happy to be the hosts of a consultative regional meeting in Bucharest. Romania developed almost 5,000 MW of renewable energy in a short period of time, thus thet reached the target for 2020. The experience gathered will allow Romania to contribute to the creation of the new legal framework for renewable energy for 2030, in line with the expectations of the new directive regarding the renewable energy’ Popescu said in the workshop.
Installed power of the renewable energy producers is 4,696 MW at the end of July this year, according to the data of Transelectrica.
Thus, in the system there are wind parks with power of 2,961 MW, photovoltaic panels with total capacity of 1,316 MW, micro-hydropower units of 316 MW and the projects on the basis of biomass with cumulated power of 103 MW.
At the end of last year, there were in the system renewable energy production capacities of 5,142 MW.
Producers of renewable energy receive for free green certificates which they sell on a specialised market for a supplementary gain against the energy as such. These green certificates are paid by all users in Romania, including the population, in the final electricity bill.
For 2016, the compulsory quota of electricity produced from renewable sources of energy which benefit from the system of promotion through green certificates is 12.15% from the gross final consumption of electricity, according to a decision adopted by the government in the meeting of 30 December 2015.The quota for this year is bigger than that of 2015 which was 11.9%.