ROMANIA: Romania starts 2025 with a total capacity of 137 MW in energy storage batteries
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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 operator show that, on January 1, 2025, 13 battery storage groups are operational in Romania, which have a total installed power of 137.2 MW and a capacity of 269 MWh.
By far, the largest investor in storage facilities is, at this time, Nova Power and Gas, a company that is part of the E-Infra group, controlled by Romanian businessman Teofil Mureșan, with three storage facilities, with a cumulative power of 90 MW. Next is another Romanian investor, the company Monsson SRL, controlled by Emmanuel Muntmark, the so-called king of wind turbines in Romania, a developer to which the first and some of the largest investments in renewable energy in Romania are linked.
Here is the list of all the storage facilities currently operational in Romania, who owns them and the power/capacity of each:
The Head of the National Energy Dispatcher (DEN) at Transelectrica, Virgiliu Ivan, declared at the end of November 2024, when he estimated that the end of 2024 would find Romania with an installed capacity in batteries of over 100 MW, that by the end of this year it could reach an installed capacity in batteries of 500 MW and a capacity of 1,200 MWh. But much more is needed.
The Head of DEN emphasized the paramount importance for the Romanian energy system of storage facilities, in the context in which our country has chosen to install as much capacity in renewables as possible, and said about storage that it is “the link we need” but which has begun to develop. “As another 10,000 MW of renewable power plants are integrated into the system, as the objectives are set (…) we have identified a need for 2,000 MW of power by 2030, ideally 3,000-4,000 MW, with a storage capacity 5-10 times greater than the installed power, we need to reach somewhere around 20,000 MWh. Storage capacities of one or two hours will no longer be sufficient in the near future,” Ivan explained at the time.
Also in November, the Government approved a draft Emergency Ordinance on regulations related to energy storage in batteries and pumped storage plants. Romania is committed to developing 800 MW in pumped storage hydroelectric plants by 2030, as well as installing at least 2,000 MW in batteries by 2035, according to the substantiation note. The GEO provides for the elimination of double taxation of stored energy, upon takeover and introduction into the network, which will reduce costs and stimulate investments in storage capacities, the Ministry of Energy said at the time.
