Why generate electricity from renewable energy sources (E-RES) in Romania?
The production of electricity from renewable energy sources (E-RES) is a high priority of now-a-days for reasons of environmental protection, increase the energy independence from imported electricity by getting a wider range of energy sources as well as for other reasons of economic and social cohesion. Romania has large areas where solar energy plants and wind plants can be constructed with very low costs, especially on land acquisition, as well as a very large distribution network for transport of electricity. Romania has adopted the mandatory quota system combined with the trade system, with minimum and maximum price limits legally set up for the green certificates. The electricity from renewable energy sources (E-RES) has priority on the electricity market. The E-RES producer may sell the E-RES on the electricity market, as any other electricity producer, obtaining the market price. For covering the entire generation costs and for obtaining a reasonable profit, the producer receiv
