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The planned budget for photovoltaic panels, 3 billion RON, will be able to finance 150,000 projects
The minister of the Environment, Barna Tanczos, said that the planned budget for photovoltaic panels in 2023 is three billion RON, money with which more than 150,000 projects can be financed.
According to Barna Tanczos, in Romania there are over three million houses registered at the Cadastre Office that could benefit from such a program, the interest is very high and an increase in funds is needed to finance more requests.
"In Romania there are over three million registered houses, single-family homes, which theoretically could need photovoltaic systems to become independent or semi-independent from the point of view of electricity. Last year we approved over 40,000 financing applications, the interest was huge and it is clear that we must supplement the budget to meet the demand and the need from the citizens. To support the citizens in the installation of these electricity production systems, in 2023 we continue the program, we are now building the AFM budget (Administration Fund for the Environment, ed. n.) and we will budget for this program an amount at least four times higher than last year. (...) Three billion RON is the planned budget for photovoltaics in 2023, and we will be able to finance at least 150,000 projects, compared to 40,000," the minister declared for Agerpres.
"At the same time, we are analyzing the possibility of financing storage capacities, so that energy independence at the household level is also supported by the possibility of storing the energy produced during the day and not needing every delivery date in the energy system. I have started negotiations with the Ministry of European Funds to look for financing solutions together, both from the funds that are available to the Ministry of the Environment, and from sources that are provided by the European Union, i.e. European funds," said the minister of the Environment.
He also referred to the limitations related to the production and installation capacities of photovoltaic systems.