National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP).

The general objectives of the Strategy for the exploitation of renewable energy sources are as follows: (a) integration of renewable energy sources into the structure of the national energy system; (b) reduction of technical-functional and psychological-social barriers within the process of using renewable energy sources, together with the identification of cost elements and economic efficiency; (c) promotion of private investments and creation of conditions necessary to facilitate access of foreign capital on the renewable energy sources market; (d) guarantee of independent energy consumption for the national economy; (e) guarantee, as applicable, of energy supply for isolated communities by using the local renewable sources potential; and (f) provision of necessary conditions for the participation of Romania in the “Green Certificates” European market for renewable energy sources.
The considered measures and activities are grouped in six national development priorities: (a) increase of economic competitiveness and development based on knowledge; (b) development and modernization of transmission infrastructure; (c) protection and improvement of environment quality; (d) development of human resources, promotion of employment and social inclusion and enforcement of administrative capacity; (e) development of rural economy and increase of productivity in the agricultural sector; and (f) reduction of development discrepancies between different regions of the country.
Sustainable development shall be promoted through: (a) promotion of energy production from renewable sources so that the share of electricity produced from such sources out of the total electricity gross consumption to be of 33% in 2010, 35% in 2015 and 38% in 2020. Out of the gross domestic energy consumption, 11% shall be supplied from renewable sources in 2010; (b) stimulation of investments in improvement of energy efficiency throughout the entire resources-production-transmission-distribution-consumption chain; (c) promotion of use of liquid biofuels, biogas and geothermal energy; (d) support of research-development activities and dissemination of results of researches applicable to energy; (e) reduction of the negative impact of the energy sector on the environment by using clean technologies; and (f) promotion of the production of electricity and thermal energy in high efficiency CHP facilities, particularly in efficiency CHPs; and (g) rational and efficient use of primary energy resources.