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Should Romania prioritize renewable hydrogen production?

Romania should prioritise renewable hydrogen production, based on less favourable cost evolution projections for fossil-based alternatives. Public support for renewable hydrogen should be reflected across the entire value chain: source of renewable energy, electrolyser technologies, transport, storage and lead-market creation.

How can Romania benefit from a clean hydrogen economy?

Hydrogen will be an energy carrier most likely used in a limited set of high-value applications where few technological alternatives exist. Romania could benefit from the opportunities of the clean hydrogen economy by adopting a pragmatic approach on the optimal use of hydrogen. This could be done by:

Is hydrogen replacing natural gas in Romania?

An ever-present narrative in Romania is that of hydrogen partially or fully replacing natural gas use in the heating of households.

How much money does Romania get from the EU modernization fund?

In 2022, Romania received 1.4 billion Euro from the EU Modernization Fund for transition towards clean energy. The amount will cover construction of new eight solar parks and two electric power plants with gas turbines in combined cycle, to replace lignite with renewable sources and gas.

What should Romania do about the hydrogen market?

Romania should also take full advantage of the facilities and instruments that are currently in place at the European level for the development of the hydrogen market, such as the European Hydrogen Bank, as well as leverage the significant financing instruments available at EU and national level.

Will Romania switch to hydrogen in 2035?

Source: Bossel, U. & Eliasson, B., n.d. Energy and the Hydrogen Economy. The modelling of Romania's Long-Term Strategy shows that the planned new CCGT capacities would operate at a capacity factor of 34% in 2025, 39% in 2030 and 28% in 2035, even before an eventual switch to hydrogen in 2036.