Guaranteed access for 200 MW entails the production of around 1.75 TWh of electricity a year, which is around 3% of the country’s consumption, the Department for Energy said in a substantiation note of the bill extending the aid period.
Rower holdings CE Oltenia and CE Hunedoara have complained repeatedly that they were unable to sell their electricity because of increased renewable power output.
Romania has 2,000 MW installed capacity in wind power, 1,100 MW in solar power and new installed capacities from renewable sources totaling 2,500 MW will be functional next year.
CE Hunedoara has an installed capacity of 1,435 MW and secures around 5% of the country’s annual electricity output. It has 6,619 employees, of which 1,740 in the energy division and 4,720 in its mining division.
The company was set up in 2012 through the merger between state-owned thermal power producers Deva and Paroseni and produces electricity using coal.