Minister-delegate for Energy Constantin Nita and European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger discussed in Brussels about the renewable energy sector in Romania, the statement noted.
“We’ve talked about renewable energy and its impact on electricity bills for households and industrial consumers,” Nita said in the statement.
He said Romania will continue to support the renewable energy sector, while “maintaining a necessary balance for the local economy”.
Romanian producers of renewable energy benefit from government support via a green certificates scheme, which allows them to recover part of the production costs.
However, the government decided earlier June to temporarily reduce the number of certificates granted under the scheme, triggering wide protests from investors, who threatened to limit investments or abandon their projects altogether.