General Manager of Energy Complex (EC) Oltenia Sorin Boza said that the new proposals of European directives in the energy sector impose certain technical barriers, which will practically remove coal based energy production from the market, and Romania is not prepared for that.
According to Boza, new directives provide the CO2 emission reduction at 550 grams per kWh produced. Currently, EC Oltenia and the lignite producers have about 940 grams together, adding that its technically impossible for lignite-fired plants to reach below 700 grams. He stressed that EC Oltenia has invested one billion euros of its own funds for installations that reduce pollution and today it can be said that it produces green energy. However, the European directive package would eliminate coal, and Romania is not ready to give up all the coal yet.
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Tags: coal, electricity, environmental, Oltenia, pollution standards, Romania, thermal, TPP