“It’s true we don’t have an energy strategy but these things haven’t been clarified on a European level either,” said Gerea.
He said energy is a matter of security and this is the pillar of the EU’s future energy strategy and a balanced energy mix is essential for Romania.
“We need to build a flexible strategy that is adaptable to new challenges. It would have been great to have a re-industrialization strategy we could count on. We can’t bring these two strategies together but we can build the pillars that should support it,” said Gerea.
The minster said it’s important for Romania to have sufficient energy sources and production capacities and reiterated the government’s plan to go forward with a EUR6 billion investment in two new nuclear reactors, the completion of the Tarnita power plant and the construction of a 500-600 MW power plant in southern Romania.
Gerea said back in February the country’s future energy strategy will be built around the concept of security and would be ready in September or October.