Is there a risk of blackouts in Romania? The Energy Minister’s response

Mediafax „By the end of 2025, i.e. in three and a half months, Romania should close all the coal-fired power plants currently in operation. The condition was very simple. Let’s replace them with gas-fired power plants. Romania has taken several billion euros from the PNRR and, specifically, on this milestone, approximately 2 billion euros. Meanwhile, the gas-fired power plants and projects that were supposed to be put in place are currently only on paper, and it is clear that the European Commission has rightly asked us, we gave you the money, or you give us the money back if you want to keep the coal-fired power plants or close them,” said Bogdan Ivan, when asked if there is a risk of blackouts in Romania. Ivan said that he had commissioned an independent study through TransElectrica, (…)