ABSTRACT
Romanian’s energy system future is in debate and the European context will put its mark. The hydrogen economy is one of the future energy system components. The European and national strategies on the development of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies vary considerably from country to country. The contribution of energy sources in Romania is a consequence of the past development of electric power industry, ex-socialist centrally planned economy. Romania’s domestic energy production from coal, lignite, oil, gas, and hydropower covers around 70% of the energy needs. The declared objective of Romania’s energy policy is to ensure energy security, which guarantees continuous, stable economic growth and the ability to cover the full domestic consumption of electricity and heat under sustainable constraints. In Romania, renewables will remain an important share for electricity generation/balancing, also in the context of an energy system applying hydrogen as energy vector.
