Aug 4, 2025 · Trina Storage is set to supply a 65MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) for a new project in Romania, marking its first deployment in the country. The initiative, located in
Aug 16, 2025 · Recent updates about investments in battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Romania indicate the technology is becoming another pillar of the country''s energy transition
Jan 7, 2025 · Transelectrica shows that, on January 1, 2025, the battery storage facilities had a total power of 137 MW and a capacity of 269 MWh. The data of the transmission and system
Jul 23, 2025 · Nova Power & Gas, a Romanian energy company and part of the E-INFRA group, announces the start of the largest battery storage project in Romania. The facility, to be built in
Jan 7, 2025 · The data of the transmission and system operator show that, on January 1, 2025, 13 battery storage groups are operational in Romania, which have a total installed power of 137.2
In its first, the Romanian government has allocated EU funds for two major battery energy storage projects via its National Recovery and Resilience Plan. A utility-scale solar-plus-storage site in the country’s northwest has flipped the switch.
This week, Vienna-based Enery has commissioned a major solar and storage site in northwestern Romania. The project consists of a 51.4 MW PV plant and and a battery energy storage facility of 22 MWh.
Earlier this month, Burduja reported progress on what he terms as “the most important project for the Romanian energy system” – the 1 GW Tarnița-Lăpuștești pumped storage hydropower plant. Romania resumed the development of the project last year, upping the planned capacity from 500 MW to 1 GW.
Minister of Energy Sebastian Burduja reportedly declared at a conference that Romania’s storage requirement is 4,000MWh, and that half would be covered by BESS and half by pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) technology.
Romania aims to exponentially grow its energy storage fleet over the next couple of years, as it works on its plan to deliver 36% of the nation’s energy to come from renewables by 2030, with 8.3 GW of solar and 7.6 GW of wind, and phase out coal by 2032.
Minister of Energy Sebastian Burduja signing 24 financing contracts for self-consumption solar and storage projects, worth nearly €14 million. Image: Ministry of Energy. A 204MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Romania can progress after the government said it did not need to go through an environmental impact assessment (EIA).
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