Public policies to support the development of renewable energy in Romania: A review

Zamfir, Andreea; Colesca, Sofia Elena; Corboş, Răzvan-Andrei

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.235

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“…Portugal (PT) Grigoras and Scarlatache [45], Ţăpurică and Tache [46], Zamfir et al [47]. Romania (RO) Al-Mansour et al [48].…”

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“…As such, the Romanian support for bioenergy via cogeneration investments is relative low, when compared with solar and wind energy for electricity production [46]. Due to the fact that in 2014 Romania reached own RE target which was set for 2020, the government decided to reduce the support for the RE by reducing the number of green certificates received by the producers after July 1, 2013 [47].…”

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Five years left – How are the EU member states contributing to the 20% target for EU's renewable energy consumption; the role of woody biomass

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Sikkema

Heinimö

et al. 2016

Biomass and Bioenergy

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The European Union has set ambitious targets of raising the share of EU energy consumption produced from renewable resources from 20% by 2020 to 27% by 2030. The aim of this paper is to assess the role of woody biomass in renewable energy as gross final energy consumption in the European Union (the EU-28). The paper identifies leading and lagging countries in biomass development by focusing on their current biomass use and forecasts future perspectives. The research compares and evaluates the role of biomass in renewable energy in the EU-28 focusing on countries' potential resources and policy support. The study shows that all countries are making efforts to reach the 20% target in 2020 and exhibit a trend of increasing renewable energy as gross final energy consumption towards the new target of 2030. Solid biomass plays an important role in reaching the EU's renewable energy targets. The majority of the EU-28 countries are close to reaching their national renewable energy targets and show a very attractive biomass development. Unless energy consumption decreases however, some member states will face serious problems in reaching their renewable energy target in 2020. Following our analysis, the largest problems occur in those MS having a relative highenergy consumption pattern: France, Germany and the United Kingdom. It is unlikely that they can comply with expected renewable energy demand, unless they mobilize more woody biomass from their available domestic potential (France, Germany) or considerably increase their woody biomass imports (mostly wood pellets) from elsewhere (United Kingdom). Keywords Definitions Bioenergy: Bioenergy refers to energy derived from biofuels. Biomass: Refers to the biodegradable fraction of products, waste and residues from agricultural (including vegetal and animal substances), forestry and related industries, as well as the biodegradable fraction of industrial and municipal waste.  Bioliquids. Refers to the liquid fuels made from biomass for energy purposes other than transport (i.e.heating and electricity). Gross inland consumption of energy (GIC) is the first aggregate in the national energy balances. It refers to "apparent" consumption and is derived from the formula that takes into account primary production, exports, imports and stock changes. It includes the primary energy from fossil fuels, from renewable energies (biomass, wind, solar, hydro), derived heat and trade of electrical energy. Gross final energy consumption (GFEC) is calculated from national energy balances. GFEC starts with the GIC data, after which transformation losses, distribution losses and own consumption of electricity and heat within the energy sector are subtracted. The GFEC data can be divided over the sectors involved in the energy consumption, after the subtraction of non-energy consumption (e.g. use of cokes for chemical products). At the end, we remain with final energy consumption by industry, transport and households [3].4

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“…Portugal (PT) Grigoras and Scarlatache [45], Ţăpurică and Tache [46], Zamfir et al [47]. Romania (RO) Al-Mansour et al [48].…”

Section: Study (Journal Publication)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Five years left – How are the EU member states contributing to the 20% target for EU's renewable energy consumption; the role of woody biomass

Proskurina

Sikkema

Heinimö

et al. 2016

Biomass and Bioenergy

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“…The Europe 2020 strategy targets on climate change and energy (the "20-20-20 targets"), seek to reduce GHG emissions and increase energy efficiency (European Commission, 2010). After joining the EU, Romania faced significant changes in the alignment energy policy and legislation and promotion of renewable energy (Colesca and Ciocoiu, 2013;Zamfir at al., 2016), but also became attractive for investments.…”

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Renewable Energy Sources in Romania: Progress and Perspectives Towards the EU Targets.

Grigorescu¹,

Micu²,

Dumitrașcu³

et al. 2019

Air and Water Components of the Environment Conference

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The renewable energy is the solution to the global energy issue, generated by the increased energy consumption needs under the continuous population growth and economic development. Romania has reached the 2020 target to increase the share of renewable energy sources (RES) in gross final energy consumption to 24%, as set in the energy strategy for 2007-2020 (updated for 2011-2020). However, in view of reaching the new target set for 2030 (32%), a number of measures are envisaged. The authors investigated the dynamics in the share of RES and electricity production over 2014-2017 in relation to the EU 2020 targets, and reviewed the main strategic EU and national documents over the 2007-2020 financial period. The final aim was to identify the investment priorities and measures supporting extended RES use and increase of energy efficiency towards the achievement of the next 2030 EU target in Romania.

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“…The Kyoto Protocol and 20 years later the Paris Agreement are the main catalysts for the development of renewable energy in the world [4,5]. Moreover, many countries are developing their own programs that support the sustainable development and RES integration: green certificates, free connection to the energy system, compensation for technological connection, guaranteed price and purchase of produced energy, tax benefits and other preferences [6][7][8].Deployment of hybrid systems with isolated alternating current and direct current, including microgrids (MG), can create significant advantages in the power industry, as it avoids the various costs of power supply using clean energy technologies. These grids solve specific problems such as cost reduction, CO 2 emission reduction, reliability, and energy sources diversification.…”

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Toward Zero-Emission Hybrid AC/DC Power Systems with Renewable Energy Sources and Storages: A Case Study from Lake Baikal Region

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Tourism development in ecologically vulnerable areas like the lake Baikal region in Eastern Siberia is a challenging problem. To this end, the dynamical models of AC/DC hybrid isolated power system consisting of four power grids with renewable generation units and energy storage systems are proposed using the advanced methods based on deep reinforcement learning and integral equations. First, the wind and solar irradiance potential of several sites on the lake Baikal’s banks is analyzed as well as the electric load as a function of the climatic conditions. The optimal selection of the energy storage system components is supported in online mode. The approach is justified using the retrospective meteorological datasets. Such a formulation will allow us to develop a number of valuable recommendations related to the optimal control of several autonomous AC/DC hybrid power systems with different structures, equipment composition and kind of AC or DC current. Developed approach provides the valuable information at different stages of AC/DC hybrid power systems projects development with stand-alone hybrid solar-wind power generation systems.

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Public policies to support the development of renewable energy in Romania: A review

Cited by 66 publications

References 34 publications

Five years left – How are the EU member states contributing to the 20% target for EU's renewable energy consumption; the role of woody biomass

Five years left – How are the EU member states contributing to the 20% target for EU's renewable energy consumption; the role of woody biomass

Renewable Energy Sources in Romania: Progress and Perspectives Towards the EU Targets.

Toward Zero-Emission Hybrid AC/DC Power Systems with Renewable Energy Sources and Storages: A Case Study from Lake Baikal Region

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