Romania is very committed to doing green transition in a way that is pragmatic and feasible and an example to the region and the world, which entails the use of gas in the short and medium term, but also of nuclear energy, Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja said on Tuesday at the Business Forum of the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation (P-TECC).
„The topics we will address during these days are absolutely critical. Energy security and transition, our infrastructure investments, promoting clean energy, geothermal facilities, including through the Alliance of Green Cities – an initiative of P-TECC – and, of course, rebuilding Ukraine’s energy sector and best ways to support the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. (…) We know we need secure energy. We know we need affordable energy. We know we need green energy. But it’s very hard to have them all at the same time. So, we have proposed addressing it in this exact order: security, competitiveness and friendliness to the environment. (…) I believe that even if there was no climate change at all, we still would’ve been willing and determined to find a replacement to oil and gas. As a matter of fact, in history, coal replaced wood, and then oil replaced coal. And now, solar and wind and batteries, and geothermal and hydrogen are the way of the future. Romania is also very committed to doing the green transition in a way that is pragmatic and feasible and an example to the region and the world. And that means using gas in the short and medium term, and our Neptun Deep project will turn this country into the number one gas producer in the EU in 2027, a big year for us. And then to use nuclear – and you’ve heard our prime minister mentioned the two large projects we are working on in Cernavoda, Units 3 and 4, and the SMR [small reactor] project in Doicesti,” said Sebastian Burduja.
He spoke about three important projects Romania is pursuing, namely SMRs, geothermal energy in Bucharest and an under-the-sea cable in the Black Sea.
High-ranking representatives from the public and private energy sectors met on Tuesday at the Parliament House in Bucharest for a Business Forum meeting of the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation (P-TECC) and the Green Cities Alliance event to discuss energy security, energy transition, infrastructure projects and how cities are implementing strategies to accelerate clean paths.
The events take place during the fifth meeting of the P-TECC, organised by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Romanian Ministry of Energy and the Atlantic Council, and they are scheduled to continue on Wednesday with a ministerial meeting that will focus on the role of industrial policy in achieving transatlantic energy security and climate goals.
AGERPRES
