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An Analysis of Romania’s Energy Strategy: Perspectives and Developments since 2020

Version 1 : Received: 2 April 2024 / Approved: 2 April 2024 / Online: 4 April 2024 (02:27:56 CEST)

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Bulmez, A.-M.; Brezeanu, A.-I.; Dragomir, G.; Talabă, O.-M.; Năstase, G. An Analysis of Romania’s Energy Strategy: Perspectives and Developments since 2020. Climate 2024, 12, 101. Bulmez, A.-M.; Brezeanu, A.-I.; Dragomir, G.; Talabă, O.-M.; Năstase, G. An Analysis of Romania’s Energy Strategy: Perspectives and Developments since 2020. Climate 2024, 12, 101.

Abstract

Earth’s climate cannot be ignored any longer. Policies are vital in order to mitigate the negative effects of climate change. The energy crisis created by the Russo-Ukrainian war and pandemic affected the EU and its member states. The focus is more than ever on its energy policies and independence. The EU revised the energy strategy in response to Russia’s blackmail, and it sped up all the processes for energetic independence from Russia. This benefited the climate change policies the most, as all the measures involved reducing energy consumption and increasing renewables, thus contributing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. As a member state of the EU, Romania is committed to complying with EU regulations. With a high degree of energy independence compared with the other EU members, Romania plans to become a regional energy provider and modernize the energy infrastructure internally as a response to Russia’s unprovoked aggression. The measures that the EU and Romania implemented after the war started in 2022 have come to fruition, and the effects are becoming visible a year later. This study aims to study the energy strategy of Romania in correlation with the EU strategy in the turbulent period of pandemics and war between 2019 and 2023, with the latest available data.

Keywords

energy strategy; renewable energy sources; energy production; energy consumption; energy policy; Romania

Subject

Engineering, Energy and Fuel Technology

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