Romania
With a power score of 2.28, Romania ranks number 10 among emerging markets and number 27 in the global power ranking.
- Emerging markets
- Europe
2.28 / 5
Power score
+32 places
Global power rank change
Overview
Romania has a power score of 2.28, which puts it at rank 27 in the global power ranking, and rank 10 in the emerging markets power ranking. In comparison to 2021, Romania has improved in the power rankings by 55 places, from rank 82, to rank 27.
At 2.28, the power score of Romania is better than the regional average of 2.18 in the Europe region.
Regional power score comparison
Power
Power policy
Romania implements policies in 3/6 power policy categories tracked by Climatescope, including Renewable energy target, Renewable energy auction, Feed-in Tariff, Net Metering, Import tax incentives, VAT incentives.
Power policies
Power prices and costs
The average electricity price in Romania has increased from 172.9 USD/MWh in 2021 to 349.93 USD/MWh in 2022. Since 2017, the average electricity price in Romania has fluctuated between 119.07 USD/MWh (2017) and 349.93 USD/MWh (2022).
Power market
The top amount of capacity installed in Romania in 2022 was in Coal at 22.91%, down from 23.08% in 2021. The technology with the biggest increase in capacity installed in 2022 was Solar PV at 8.46%, up from 7.56 in 2021.
Installed capacity (in MW)
Electricity generation (in GWh)
The largest electricity generating technology in Romania in 2022 was Nuclear, generating some 19.42% of electricity, up from 19.37% in 2021. The technology with the biggest increase in eletricity generation in 2022 was Wind at 12.31%, up from 11.29% in 2021.
Investment in clean energy in Romania was around $647.31 million in 2022, an increase of 434.19% from 2021 ($121.18 million). Between 2017 and 2022, the highest investment in clean energy was in 2022 at $647.31 million, while the lowest was in 2019 with $0.8 million.
Utility privatisation
Which segments of the power sector are open to private participation?
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Wholesale power market
Does the country have a wholesale power market?
Doing business and barriers
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Currency of PPAs
Are other PPAs (eg. corporate PPAs) signed in or indexed to U.S. Dollars or Euro?
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Bilateral power contracts
Can a C&I (Commercial and Industrial) customer sign a long-term contract (PPA) for clean energy?
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Fossil fuel price distortions - Subsidies
Does the government keep the wholesale price of electricity from fossil fuels artificially low through subsidies?
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Fossil fuel price distortions - Taxes and carbon prices
Does the government significantly increase the wholesale price of electricity from fossil fuel through targeted taxes and/or carbon prices?
Transport
Transport policy
Romania implements policies in 6/9 transport policy categories tracked by Climatescope, including Clean transport target, National ICE phase-out, EV purchase grant/loan incentive, EV VAT reduction/exemption, EV import tax reduction/exemption, EV income tax reduction/exemption, EV recurring tax reduction/exemption, EV charging infrastructure target, E-bus target.
Transport policies
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Fuel economy standards
Does the country have a fuel economy standard in place?