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EC allows Romania to pay subsidies to energy-intensive industrial consumers

November 22, 2024

The government of Romania obtained the European Commission's green light to implement a RON 2.9 billion grant scheme aimed at the energy-intensive industrial companies hit by the green policies of the European Union. 

The state aid and the brown energy taxation are expected to balance each other, in a fine-tuned strategy aimed at achieving climate neutrality and economic growth at the same time.

In essence, the state aid scheme aims at shifting the financing of green energy...

The text of this article has been partially taken from the publication:
https://www.romania-insider.com/romania-ec-energy-intensive-industry-subsidies-2024
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