Romanian photovoltaic parks surpassed gas and coal-fired power plants

According to the latest authorizations issued by the Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), the installed power in photovoltaic parks has exceeded that of coal-fired and gas-fired power plants.

Photovoltaic parks have reached a power of 2,765 MW in Romania. With this level, solar is, in terms of installed power, the third source of electricity generation in the country, after wind and hydroelectric power plants.

Photovoltaics therefore surpassed, in terms of installed power, coal-fired power plants (2,762 MW installed power) and gas-fired power plants (2,744 MW installed power).

In the first half of this year, according to Transelectrica data, wind and photovoltaic parks (a total of about 5,900 MW of installed power now) and small biomass capacities produced 4.6 TWh of electricity, i.e. almost 19% of the national total.

Source: economica.net