The minister also said “this is the technology we (Romania, ed.) bank on, adding we still hope to be, if not the first country in the world, among the first in the world and certainly the first in Europe with an operational SMR”.
“Romania is blessed to have a very diverse energy mix, hydro, nuclear, gas, geothermal, biomass. You name it, we got it. That means that we can serve as a pillar of stability, of prosperity, of security for the Three Seas Initiative region and for the wider region and for all of Europe. How do we achieve a green and a just transition in the context of achieving security, protecting our citizens and providing them with access to affordable energy? It’s a dilemma that nobody has solved yet, but we can do it together. I believe that we can do it together through innovation, through vision and through financing. We have the Vision: it’s called the Three Seas Initiative. I don’t think we need anything else. It’s about bringing these countries together. It’s about interconnectivity and somebody once told me, and I think it’s very true and very wise that there’s no transition without transmission,” Burduja pointed out.
The minister went on saying that “the more interconnected we are the more secure we will be and the more access to cheap energy we have”.