{"id":3992,"date":"2025-03-05T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T08:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=3992"},"modified":"2025-03-05T08:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T08:00:25","slug":"romanian-energy-minister-talks-pnrr-amendments-and-slower-decarbonisation-in-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=3992","title":{"rendered":"Romanian energy minister talks PNRR amendments and slower decarbonisation in Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania&#8217;s minister of energy, <strong>Sebastian Burduja<\/strong>, is paying a visit to Brussels accompanied by the head of energy group CE Oltenia (CEO) to discuss amendments to the national implementation of the Resilience Facility (PNRR) and a prolonged phasing-off calendar for the coal-fired power plant operated by CEO.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Coal was the resource that saved us in the difficult episodes during recent years and remains a reliable resource. We must have the necessary time to ensure a balanced transition without economic and social shocks. The country&#8217;s energy security and jobs are at stake,&#8221; the minister of energy argued, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/economedia.ro\/burduja-vizita-la-bruxelles-pentru-a-discuta-despre-renegocierea-pnrr-si-prelungirea-perioadei-de-tranzitie-pentru-termocentralele-pe-carbune.html?mc_cid=f31537e778&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Economedia.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the commitments currently in force, Romania should close lignite-fired energy production capacities by the end of 2026 with a cumulative installed capacity of 2,085 MW.<\/p>\n<p>CEO&#8217;s investments in new production units, representing 2 natural gas power plants of 1,325 MW in total and 8 photovoltaic parks totaling 690 MW, to which is added the refurbishment of a 10 MW hydroelectric power plant, are behind schedule.<\/p>\n<p>However, the CEO&#8217;s latest estimates show that gas-fired power plants could only be put into operation in March and July 2028, and photovoltaic parks &#8211; in June and November 2026.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/George Calin)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania&#8217;s minister of energy, Sebastian Burduja, is paying a visit to Brussels accompanied by the head of energy group CE Oltenia (CEO) to discuss amendments to the national implementation of the Resilience Facility (PNRR) and a prolonged phasing-off calendar for the coal-fired power plant operated by CEO. &#8220;Coal was the resource that saved us in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}