The potential of the local administration as driving force for the implementation of the National PV systems Strategy in Romania

Flavius Iacobescu and Viorel Badescu

Renewable Energy, 2012, vol. 38, issue 1, 117-125

Abstract: The National Strategy for PV systems implementation in Romania sets as target 260 MW installed power by 2020. Here, the potential of the local administration to install a total of 200 MW in eighty localities is studied. Plants based on modules consisting of polycristalline PV cells are considered. The modules are mounted at fix tilt angle. Most of the PV plants should have about 6 MW installed power while the country’s capital (Bucharest) should have about 47 MW installed power. The total electric energy produced per year by all PV plants is about 0.45% of the country’s electric energy consumption in 2009. Building the PV plants yields a dimishment of the GHG emission by about 1.5% of the country’s CO2 emissions in 2007 and the oil saving is about 0.69% of the total yearly consumption in 2009. Governmental or European financial support is needed for successfull implementation. The Simple Payback Period may range between about 43 years (no financial support) and less than 4 years (when the equipment is obtained by using non-reimbursed financial resources).

Keywords: PV systems; Renewable energy; Implementation Strategy; Romania; Greenhouse gas emissions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.07.014

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