Roxana-Claudia Tompea
In the past decade, the European Union (EU) has heavily invested in the implementation of a wide range of strategies to increase the share of electricity generated from renewable sources (RES-E). In this sense, the newly revised EU Renewable Energy Directive (2018/2001/EU) which entered into force in December 2018 as part of the Clean Energy for all Europeans Package, aims at keeping the EU a global leader in renewables, helping it meet its emissions reduction commitments under the Paris Agreement. Under its auspices, new binding renewable energy targets have been set for the Members States (MS) for 2030, with the requirement to reach at least 32% of national targets before the deadline. From this point of view, the case of Romania is an interesting study, as the country presents an important RES potential, with rich and diverse sources of energy.
