Romania could become the most important natural gas producer in Europe! This is the conclusion of the second day of the Transylvania Green Energy Forum, an event held in Cluj-Napoca.
At the conference organized in partnership with the Oil and Gas Employers' Federation (FPPG), experts in the field, secretaries of state and MEPs discussed Europe's energy neutrality targets and our country's ability to join other countries in this endeavor.
„It's an extremely complex economy-wide transformation. We're talking about the use of hydrogen, we're talking about small nuclear, we're talking about geothermal, biofuels or carbon capture, storage and utilization. With the adoption of new technologies, as a consequence we see a transformation of the business model in the energy sector”, said Daniel Apostol, Director General of the FPPG.
Our country's role is all the more important as the reserves we have allow us to play an important role in the continent's energy market.
„The most important thing, at least from our point of view, is consumption. At the moment, Romania is going through a period in which energy consumption is very low, which is putting investments in the energy industry at risk and, on the other hand, we are going in the area of finding ways to avoid and get out of this crisis situation, and today the focus has been very much on the industrialization of Romania, on increasing industrial consumption in the energy area, which will allow the development of investments, both in the renewable area and in the area of industries already established, such as those using natural gas”, he explained Ionuț Ciubotaru, FPPG expert.
The initial electricity demand for hydrogen production will be negligible, but it will increase as we approach 2030 with the large-scale introduction of large-capacity electrolyzers.
If Romania reaches the ambitious target of producing 10 million tons of natural gas in 2030, then our country will cover 14% of the EU's total electricity consumption.
Source: Antena 3 CNN
