Editing Economy of Romania (section)

===Energy===
{{Main|Energy industry in Romania}}
[[File:IJzeren Poort Stuwdam.JPG|thumb|The [[Iron Gate I Hydro Power Plant]], a joint venture between Romania and Serbia]]
The energy sector is dominated by [[state-owned]] companies such as [[Termoelectrica]], [[Hidroelectrica]] and [[Nuclearelectrica]]. [[Fossil fuels]] are the country's primary source of energy, followed by [[hydroelectric power]].

====Nuclear energy in Romania====
Due to dependency on oil and gas imports from Russia, the country has placed an increasingly heavy emphasis on [[Nuclear power|nuclear energy]] since the 1980s. The [[Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant]] is the only one of its kind in Romania, although there are plans to build a second one in Transylvania, possibly after 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euractiv.ro/uniunea-europeana/articles%7cdisplayArticle/articleID_12862/Romania-contruieste-a-doua-centrala-nucleara.html|title=Romania contruieste a doua centrala nucleara |publisher=Euractiv.ro|access-date=16 September 2014}}</ref>

For domestic heating and cooking 48% of rural and small-town households use directly burned solid fuel (almost exclusively domestically produced wood) as the main energy source.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cleancookstoves.org/countries/middle-east-and-europe/romania.html|title=Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves|website=CleanCookstoves.org|access-date=24 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024132137/http://www.cleancookstoves.org/countries/middle-east-and-europe/romania.html|archive-date=24 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Wind power had an installed capacity of 76&nbsp;MW in 2008,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.standard.ro/articol_87410_12/avalansa_portugheza__martifer_pregateste_o_achizitie_de_7_mil__euro_pe_eolian_si_un_parc_propriu__edp_primeste_deja_turbinele.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723123026/http://standard.ro/articol_87410_12/avalansa_portugheza__martifer_pregateste_o_achizitie_de_7_mil__euro_pe_eolian_si_un_parc_propriu__edp_primeste_deja_turbinele.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 July 2019|title=Avalansa portugheza: Martifer pregateste o achizitie de 7 mil. euro pe eolian si un parc propriu, EDP primeste deja turbinele|date=1 April 2009|newspaper=Business Standard|language=ro|access-date=2 April 2009}}</ref> and 3028 MW in 2016.<ref name="ewea.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.ewea.org/fileadmin/files/library/publications/statistics/EWEA-Annual-Statistics-2015.pdf |title=Wind in power: 2015 European statistics |date=February 2016 |publisher=The European Wind Energy Association |access-date=16 September 2020 }}</ref> The country has the largest wind power potential in Southeast Europe, with [[Dobruja]] listed as the second-best place in Europe to construct [[wind farms]].<ref name="Dobrogea">{{cite web|url=http://www.evz.ro/articole/detalii-articol/838511/Dobrogea-pe-locul-doi-in-Europa-ca-potential-eolian/|title=Dobrogea, pe locul doi în Europa ca potenţial eolian|date=5 February 2009|publisher=Evenimentul Zilei|language=ro|access-date=2009-02-05|archive-date=25 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125084344/http://www.evz.ro/articole/detalii-articol/838511/Dobrogea-pe-locul-doi-in-Europa-ca-potential-eolian/|url-status=dead}}</ref> As a result, there are currently{{When|date=September 2017}} investor connection requests for over 12,000 MW.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standard.ro/articol_79546_12/potential_de_investitii_in_eolian_de_peste_4_mld__euro.html|title=Potential de investitii in eolian de peste 4 mld. euro|date=5 February 2009|work=Business Standard|language=ro|access-date=2009-02-05}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> There are also plans to build a number of [[Photovoltaic power station|solar power stations]], such as the Covaci Solar Park, which will be one of the largest in the world.<ref name="CJ Timis">{{cite news|url=http://www.standard.ro/articol_96102_12/cj_timis_vrea_sa_construiasca_un_parc_cu_panouri_solare__pe_o_suprafata_de_60_de_hectare.html |title=CJ Timis vrea sa construiasca un parc cu panouri solare, pe o suprafata de 60 de hectare |date=27 May 2009 |newspaper=Business Standard|language=ro |access-date=2009-05-27 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.administratie.ro/articol.php?id=29056|title=Portalul national de Administratie Publica|access-date=16 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706141315/http://www.administratie.ro/articol.php?id=29056|archive-date=6 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>