BUCHAREST: The number of Romanians producing clean energy has increased exponentially in the past two years, reported AGERPRES, the national news agency of Romania.

‘In 2021, 13,600 prosumers were registered. In just two years, the number has grown exponentially. Today, there are more than 120,000 Romanians who have installed photovoltaic panels and produce clean energy, which they supply to the grid,’ the agency quoted the organisers of an energy forum in Bucharest as saying.

Freedom House Romania is organising on Thursday the Energy Forum event, where Romanian and foreign experts, representatives of authorities and private companies will debate the implications of the European Union’s ‘green’ objectives.

Although change is rapid, green energy development is still in its infancy in Romania. There is increasing talk of energy cooperatives, where citizens share the renewable energy they produce. Large investors are developing photovoltaic panel farms and wind farms with increasing power production, they not
ed.

But the transition to green energy is not an easy step and cannot be achieved without conventional sources, the organisers of the event said in a press release.

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