루마니아는 2026년 초 태양광 설치용량이 7GW를 넘길 것으로 예상되며, 정부는 2030년 8.2GW와 재생에너지 비중 30.7% 달성을 목표로 하고 있다. EU 기금 지원, 높은 전력요금, 에너지안보 위협이 투자 촉진 요인으로 작용하고 있다. 현재 태양광 비중은 약 5% 수준이지만, 2024년 1.7GW가 추가되었고 부쿠레슈티 인근 760MW, 북서부 1GW 대형 프로젝트가 연달아 추진 중이다. 최근 EU 전체 태양광도 2023년 56GW이 증설되며 시장 전반의 확장이 가속화되고 있다.

원문 링크: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/romania-break-ground-biggest-solar-150000898.html

Romania About to Break Ground on Biggest Solar Farm in Europe

Solar power has grabbed a foothold in Romania, with installed capacity expected to surpass 7 gigawatts in early 2026, driven by high demand, EU funding and over 290,000 commercial and residential consumers.

The Eastern European country is rapidly installing solar to transition away from coal, enhance energy security, and meet European Union decarbonization targets.

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While it is not among the top European countries for installed solar power — that, in descending order, is Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and France — Romania is aiming for 8.2 GW by 2030. The government plans to increase the share of renewables to 30.7% by the same year, focusing on solar and wind to replace older, polluting sources.

Solar currently supplies about 5% of Romania’s electricity mix, with approximately 210 sunny days per year.

According to Wikipedia , the most important solar regions of Romania are the Black Sea coast, Northern Dobruja and Oltenia, with an average of 1,600 kWh/m 2 /year.

The Guardian says Romania has decoupled economic growth from pollution faster than anywhere else in Europe. The latest data shows its net greenhouse gas emissions intensity fell by 88% between 1990 and 2023.

While Romania turned to lignite coal and heavy oil for energy self-sufficiency during the reign of Nicolae Ceau?escu, after the dictator was tried and executed, factories closed, mines shut and power plants slashed their output, the newspaper explains:

Romania’s entry into the European Union in 2007 held polluters to higher standards and forced the closure of unprofitable factories propped up by state support. Its emissions trading system put a price on carbon and its modernisation fund brought back cash to clean up the energy system. Meanwhile, workers completed a nuclear power plant in Cernavod?, a town in the south-east of the country, which had been commissioned under Ceau?escu, and the government introduced a green certificate scheme to bankroll renewables.

EU solar reached a record 56 GW of new installations in 2023 , accelerated by high electricity prices and the need for energy security. Poland, the Netherland and Greece were among European Union countries that saw massive increases.

Following a 1.7 GW addition in 2024, the Romanian market is reportedly booming with large-scale projects, including the largest solar farm in Europe — a 760 MW facility soon to start construction just outside Bucharest, that features a million solar panels backed by batteries. In the northwest, authorities have approved an even bigger plant with a capacity of 1 GW.

Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/romania-break-ground-biggest-solar-150000898.html