Ministry of Energy launches 150 million euro call for energy storage battery projects

The Ministry of Energy will allocate another 150 million euros for electricity storage batteries, as shown by a call for projects launched in public consultation. The general objective pursued by this call is to support investments in the development of electrical energy storage capacities (batteries) produced from renewable energy sources (solar, wind and hydroelectric energy), capable of operating independently.

The call is carried out in the form of a competitive bidding procedure, with a single criterion for ranking the offers, the value of the requested state aid in euros/MWh, and the period for submitting project proposals for the construction of electricity storage facilities will be announced on the official website of the Ministry of Energy.

“We have the same motto as in the first mandate: investments, investments, investments. I will repeat it endlessly: each investment project, each additional MW in the national energy system means Romania’s chance to have lower bills for Romanians and Romanian companies. Moreover, all this will bring us closer to the zero objective: the country’s energy independence, the elimination of imports and the transformation of Romania into a major producer at European level.”

“It is about the security and well-being of Romanians, but also about the contribution that Romania must assume in the European effort to finally get rid of Moscow’s energy blackmail and dependence on Russian energy resources. We have all seen where decades of compromises in this direction have brought us. I said that storage is the zero priority of the Romanian energy system. But we have also done what is necessary: ​​we signed contracts for storage capacities with financing from the PNRR – 80 million euros, we launched the call from the Modernization Fund for “behind the meter” batteries, for existing solar and wind parks – 150 million euros and now we are preparing to launch another call, for another 150 million euros, also from the Modernization Fund, also non-refundable money, for standalone batteries, that is, for balancing the national system”, said the Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja.

The total budget of the state aid scheme represents the equivalent in lei of 150 million euros and represents non-refundable amounts from the Modernization Fund.

The deadline for submitting comments on this scheme is February 17, 2025.