21 October 2024

Newsletter

The Ministry of Energy has published on its website on October 18th, 2024 a draft emergency government ordinance for the amendment of emergency government ordinance no. 163/2022 regarding the legal framework promoting the use of renewable energy (the “Draft EGO”).

Among other changes, the Draft EGO aims to transpose into Romanian law certain provisions of the RED III Directive and includes amendments in the following lines of action:

Updating the rules for renewable energy support schemes;

Introducing acceleration areas for renewable projects (i.e. areas to be determined following to a study to be conducted by the Ministry of Energy in collaboration with ANRE, Transelectrica and other authorities);

Updating provisions regarding guarantees of origin;

Streamlining of administrative procedures (for example, simplified procedures for projects developed in acceleration areas);

Introducing specific rules, sustainability and greenhouse gas emission reduction criteria for biofuels, bioliquids, and biomass fuels;

Use of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector;

Large – scale uptake of renewable energy in the transport sector and calculation rules for minimum renewable energy shares in transport.

The Draft EGO will be in public consultation until November 1st, 2024.
For more details, please contact us.

Georgiana Evi
Partner
Mobile: +40 743 636 130
E-mail: georgiana.evi@mihailesculegal.ro
Uricariu Mihail
Associate
Mobile: +40 732 141 830
E-mail: mihai.uricariu@mihailesculegal.ro
21 October 2024

Newsletter

The Ministry of Energy has published on its website on October 18th, 2024 a draft emergency government ordinance for the amendment of emergency government ordinance no. 163/2022 regarding the legal framework promoting the use of renewable energy (the “Draft EGO”).

Among other changes, the Draft EGO aims to transpose into Romanian law certain provisions of the RED III Directive and includes amendments in the following lines of action:

Updating the rules for renewable energy support schemes;

Introducing acceleration areas for renewable projects (i.e. areas to be determined following to a study to be conducted by the Ministry of Energy in collaboration with ANRE, Transelectrica and other authorities);

Updating provisions regarding guarantees of origin;

Streamlining of administrative procedures (for example, simplified procedures for projects developed in acceleration areas);

Introducing specific rules, sustainability and greenhouse gas emission reduction criteria for biofuels, bioliquids, and biomass fuels;

Use of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector;

Large - scale uptake of renewable energy in the transport sector and calculation rules for minimum renewable energy shares in transport.

The Draft EGO will be in public consultation until November 1st, 2024.

For more details, please contact us.

Georgiana Evi
Partner
Mobile: +40 743 636 130
E-mail: georgiana.evi@mihailesculegal.ro
Uricariu Mihail
Associate
Mobile: +40 732 141 830
E-mail: mihai.uricariu@mihailesculegal.ro
21 October 2024

Newsletter

The Ministry of Energy has published on its website on October 18th, 2024 a draft emergency government ordinance for the amendment of emergency government ordinance no. 163/2022 regarding the legal framework promoting the use of renewable energy (the “Draft EGO”).

Among other changes, the Draft EGO aims to transpose into Romanian law certain provisions of the RED III Directive and includes amendments in the following lines of action:

Updating the rules for renewable energy support schemes;

Introducing acceleration areas for renewable projects (i.e. areas to be determined following to a study to be conducted by the Ministry of Energy in collaboration with ANRE, Transelectrica and other authorities);

Updating provisions regarding guarantees of origin;

Streamlining of administrative procedures (for example, simplified procedures for projects developed in acceleration areas);

Introducing specific rules, sustainability and greenhouse gas emission reduction criteria for biofuels, bioliquids, and biomass fuels;

Use of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector;

Large – scale uptake of renewable energy in the transport sector and calculation rules for minimum renewable energy shares in transport.

The Draft EGO will be in public consultation until November 1st, 2024.

For more details, please contact us.

Georgiana Evi
Partner
Mobile: +40 743 636 130
E-mail: georgiana.evi@mihailesculegal.ro
Uricariu Mihail
Associate
Mobile: +40 732 141 830
E-mail: mihai.uricariu@mihailesculegal.ro