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Romania
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Electricity demand in Romania declined during the 1990s, and several older thermal units were decommissioned. However, demand has recently increased and is expected to continue as the economy expands. Thus, many new electricity generation projects are underway. Privatization has proceeded slowly with many of the large industries still owned by the government. Plans have been made to privatize the electric sector; however, actual progress has been slow. The Romanian Agency has proposed Directive No. 77, which would provide significant incentives for renewable energy development.
The most promising renewable energy resources appear to be wind, biomass, and hydro. Despite lower energy prices, Romania is considered a strong candidate for wind power development. There are well-documented wind resources, including a large off-shore potential. Total estimated mid term wind potential is 3,000 MW.
There are also good opportunities for biomass development, building off a very large base of existing capacity (over 4,000 MWth). Assuming an available biomass energy supply, district heating systems represent the most immediate and low-cost biomass application – especially CHP plants, industrial co-generation and co-firing.
In 1979 there was a wave of solar project development in the country, but due to poor quality equipment and inadequate installations, a deep dissatisfaction for solar projects resulted. Regardless, due to previous experience with solar and relatively high solar insolation, Romania may be open to solar project development.
The western region of Romania seems to be a good region for geothermal heat applications, although high enthalpy areas to support electric generation are limited. There are very good opportunities to develop small hydro projects in Romania. Over 2,600 MW of Romania’s electric capacity is generated from small hydro plants (100 MW or less).
Country Profile and Notes
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| Estonian, Romanian Wind Developments Discussed | Eolica Dobrogea and Iberdrola Renewables have wind developments in Romania and Estonia. | | | Iberdrola Buys Rights to Romanian Wind Farms | IBERDROLA RENEWABLES has signed a contract with Eolica Dobrogea (Schweiz) AG, a company belonging to the Swiss engineering group NEK and the Romanian company Rokura, to acquire a portfolio of approximately 50 wind projects totalling around 1,600 megawatts (MW), located in the Dobrogea region in eastern Romania. | | | Report From Biofuel Conference Held in Bulgaria | In the second of a series of workshops for biofuel end-users, the Biofuel Cities European Partnership brought together 35 stakeholders from Central and Eastern Europe in Sofia, Bulgaria in December 2007. On the agenda was a discussion of biofuels for transport and a reflection on the challenges facing biofuel end-users in the region, such as overly bureaucratic procedures, lack of institutional support and security of feedstock supply. | | | Rompetrol Downstream to Sell Diesel With 3 % Biodiesel | Rompetrol Downstream, the retail division of Rompetrol Group, will introduce as of 1st of January 2008 in the network it operates diesel oil with 3% biodiesel. This type of diesel oil is based on the Efix Diesel (Euro 4) assortment, it respects the European standard of quality EN 14 214, assuring, at the same time, the protection of the engine and the diminishing of the hydrocarbon and carbon dioxide emissions. | | | Program Encourages Renewable Energy and Entrepreneurship | The European Commission's Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) was presented Wednesday in Skopje.
Macedonian Economy Minister Vera Rafajlovska and the EU Ambassador Erwan Fouere made introductory address at today's presentation of the CIP. The programme will run from 2007 to 2013.
| | | Turbines Ordered for Eastern Europe Projects | Investment group Good Energies and renewable energy fund Continental Wind Partners announced a deal to buy up to 150 wind turbines from GE Energy for use in wind farms in in Poland, Romania and other central and eastern European countries. | | | Bulgaria, Romania, China to Share 400 MW of New Renewable Development | Greece’s Terna Energy, an affiliated company to Terna, will seek about EUR 300 million capital for funding its investment program, Greek Imersia newspaper reported. The company plans to build wind parks, photovoltaic technology, small hydro and biomass power plants. | | | Efficiency and Renewable Energy Funding for Bulgaria and Romania | A new energy efficiency and renewable energy resources programme would set out next month. The programme, to disburse 20 million euros, was entirely financed by the Norwegian government. Bulgarian Deputy Economy and Energy Minister Luchezar Borisov noted that Bulgaria racks 1.2 billion leva in losses because of poor energy efficiency of publicly-owned buildings. The buildings in the poorest condition in this regard are hospitals, schools and kindergartens. | | | €55M Investment in Romanian Biogas | Germany’s EnviTec Biogas company intends to invest €55 million ($76 million) within the next two years in biogas production, with 250 locations across Romania currently targeted for the construction of stations, stated Johann-Lucas Orodan, a manager at EnviTec Biogas, Arad subsidiary. | | | Romanian Green Energy Investment Needs Discussed | bbj.hu - Romania needs to invest €2.7 billion ($3.67 billion) in the generation of renewable energy by 2015 if the country is to comply with a European Union energy strategy, the environment minister said yesterday. | | | Romanian Solar Policies | Industry players are calling for state support to help the country realize its solar energy potential, Hungarian state news agency MTI reported, citing Ioan Silviu, head of the Romanian Energy Savings Authority. | | | Romanian Biodiesel, Vegetable Oil Business to be Sold | Businessman Vasile Nitescu, the owner of Ultex Tandarei, one of the leading vegetable oil producers on the domestic market, has decided to sell the business, a sale that will also include his biodiesel operations. | | | Rompetrol to Deliver Biodiesel Fuel in Romania | Rompetrol Rafinare to start delivering Euro 4 grade diesel fuel with a 2% biodiesel content to its domestic market starting June 25, 2007, the company has revealed.
. | | | Enel May Invest in Romanian Wind Development | Romania aims to increase the shares of nuclear and renewable energies in its energy mix, and Enel also plans to invest in new wind farms in the country.
| | | Enel Power Company May Invest in Romanian Wind Farms | Enel also intends to invest in the renewable energy sector in Romania's through acquiring wind farms. The company is planning to invest two billion Euro in Romania's distribution sector over the next 15 years, with one billion Euro used to modernise EMS's network and to improving its customer service.
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