Energy Minister Burduja: Memorandum between Hidroelectrica and NREL for energy storage through pumped storage hydropower plants

Hidroelectrica and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) – US Department of Energy have signed a memorandum that puts Romania at the forefront of Europe in storing green energy through pumped storage hydroelectric power plants throughout the Carpathian chain, announced on Monday the Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja.

“Today, in Warsaw, on the sidelines of the Three Seas Summit, I had an excellent, broad bilateral meeting with my counterpart from the United States, Christopher Allen Wright, Secretary of the Department of Energy. A graduate of the prestigious MIT and Berkeley universities, he is one of the most respected personalities in the US energy sector, a follower of a pragmatic line, identical to my position: we need secure, cheap and clean energy – in this order of priorities. It was an essential discussion for the energy future of Romania and our region. We reaffirmed our joint commitment to developing strategic projects that will bring us closer to a major objective: transforming Romania into a regional energy hub, strong, resilient and sustainable, in strategic partnership with the United States of America”, Burduja stated in a post published on his social media page.

According to the minister, the agenda of the discussions included topics such as: the small modular reactors (SMR) at Doiceşti – the future of safe and clean nuclear energy, with state-of-the-art American technology (NuScale); Units 3 and 4 at Cernavodă – a strategic project for which we signed the EPCM contract at the end of last year, including with two large American companies (Fluor and Sargent & Lundy); The HVDC project – the high-voltage direct current interconnector, vital for the integration of renewables and the consolidation of the network, to which Fluor is also a party, according to Agerpres.