US EditionMinister of Energy Burduja: “We Insist on Renegotiating the PNRR and Postponing the Deadline for Closing Coal-Fired Power Plants”
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Romania will not close any mines by 2026, announced Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja, who met with European Commissioner for Energy Dan Jorgensen on Tuesday. The Romanian politician was to firmly tell the EU Eurocrat that the planned closure of 1,755 MW of coal-fired power on January 1, 2026, is not feasible due to the lack of solid alternatives. “Today, at Power Summit 2025 – Power Play, I had another very good bilateral discussion with Dan Jo…
Minister of Energy Sebastian Burduja said Wednesday night at Antena 3 CNN that Romania will not close the coal centers from 2026 because they are vital to our country at this time.Burduja...
The Romanian government has insisted that it will have to keep its coal power plants open beyond January 2026 if it wants to secure the supply and has argued that the recent blackout on the Iberian peninsula shows the vulnerability of the system. "We have all seen what happened recently in Spain. Romania cannot accept the vulnerability of its national energy system, especially because the closure of the Oltenia Energy Complex (the largest produc…
Minister of Energy Burduja: “We insist on renegotiating the PNRR and postponing the deadline for closing coal-fired power plants”
“Romania cannot accept the vulnerability of its national energy system, especially since the closure of CE Oltenia groups would solve practically nothing — we would have to resort to even more imports, from Serbia, Bulgaria, etc., and the energy produced there is also based on coal. And it is also very expensive. For over a year, I have been explaining to the European Commission that we cannot do this, for objective reasons. The gas groups, whic…
Mediafax Minister of Energy argues that Tuesday, at Power Summit 2025 – Power Play, had a new bilateral discussion with European Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen. "I reiterated Romania's firm position: the closure of 1,755 MW coal capacity provided for in the PNR for 1 January 2026 is not feasible in the absence of strong alternatives. Romania's energy security is not negotiable. I stressed that, without new capacity to produce in the band, thi…
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