Romania seeks to defer closure of coal-fired power plants scheduled for year-end

The government of Romania seeks to get the European Commission's permit for keeping in operation several of the coal-fired power units that it promised to close by the end of this year. The gas-fired units and the PV parks envisaged to replace them have not been completed amid a lack of interest from the contractors invited to complete the projects, the Energy Ministry told Hotnews.ro.

In the absence of keeping in operation several coal-fired units and other units as a technical backup, increasing the risk of blackouts and leading to a 30% increase in energy prices, minister Bogdan Ivan explained.