Romania in the energy transition, for small prosumers - post pandemic and the Ukraine war

Abstract

Prior to the COVID 19 pandemic, Romania demonstrated enormous progress in the context of sustainable electricity production from renewable sources. Mainly motivated by easy access to the electricity exchange for these new producers and the appetite of the younger generation for clean energy. However, outside all development and improvements on the production side, and added new production capacity, the distribution and quality of the electricity supplied to end customers kept deteriorating. Small consumers, both private and industrial, must bear all the disturbances caused by the ageing distribution installations. For such situations, the solution came in the form of micro-grids and expansion of new electricity generation capabilities at local level, more adapted to consumers. This paper follows up on two previously introduced practical examples with such solutions, with new advantages and disadvantages, from, both, a technological and commercial perspective.