The Romanian Wind Energy Association (RWEA) and the Romanian Photovoltaic Industry Association (RPIA) urged the authorities to ensure a level playing field for all renewable energy capacity developers.
The two associations pointed out the non-competitive nature of the direct concession of land administered by the State Land Agency to state-owned companies, which contravenes national and European legislation.
From 2022, private investors can only develop projects on areas of less than 50 hectares (maximum 42 MW) based on the restrictive interpretation of the land law by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the draft Emergency Ordinance on certain measures for state-owned public property, which favors companies where the state is a majority shareholder, is deeply anti-competitive. It is imperative that such a legislative change, which has an impact on a market where distinct types of entities and companies compete freely, respects national and European rules.
