Romania's peak energy consumption is 9 gigawatts, and in the latest report by the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), there were 80-81 gigawatts in the technical connection approval, which is absurd, said, on Wednesday, the first vice-president of the Employers' Organization of Renewable Energy Producers of Romania – PATRES, Martin Moise, according to Agerpres.
„I would like to mention that we, PATRES, requested guarantees for the issuance of ATRs (technical connection approvals - editorial note) in 2018 because we saw what happened in the first wave of investments, during the period 2008-2013, when we had technical connection approvals issued for 20 gigawatts. At that time, under 5 gigawatts were built. It was clear that, when the second wave of investments began, during that sad period when investments stopped after the green certificates were cut, we would face the exact same problem. In fact, reality is showing us this right now: in the latest ANRE report, there are 80-81 gigawatts with technical connection approvals. If we look at consumption a bit, we see that Romania's peak consumption is 9 gigawatts... What do we do with 80 gigawatts? Do we build 3, 4, 5 more energy systems? It's absurd. Due to the fact that those entry barriers were not put in place, we have arrived at absolutely paradoxical situations.” , emphasized Moise, during the fifth edition of the Solar Energy Bucharest Summit.
According to the cited source, the „first come, first served” principle must be a priority in investment funding.
„I think this pressure, which also comes from the government, is very good. That draft Order that ANRE still has under debate, because it has not yet been issued, must be finalized and should even become tougher. It should do something extremely important: prioritize on the principle of „first come, first served”, meaning, „Sir, you came, you built, we connected you to the grid, we turned on your system”. We want megawatts in the field that inject cheap energy into the system. We don't want megawatts on paper, stories, meaning 80 gigawatts that will never be realized and which some people cling to. The difference between a serious investor and a less serious one is the financing of the investment. If you have the money to make the investment, go ahead and do it,” said the PATRES representative.
The Employers' Organization of Renewable Energy Producers in Romania – PATRES and Creative Communications are organizing the fifth edition of the Solar Energy Bucharest Summit, from April 22-23, at the Palace of the Parliament.