Romanian minister recommends prosumers to shut down PV panels during Easter to avoid grid surcharge
<p>An appeal will be made to electricity prosumers in Romania to turn off the inverters of their photovoltaic production installations on Easter Sunday, energy minister Sebastian Burduja said after a meeting of the National Energy Command.</p>

<p>On Sunday, April 20, both Orthodox and Catholic Easter will be celebrated, and if the weather is sunny, the entire European energy system could face challenges, as there will be a simultaneous very high production of solar energy and an extremely low electricity consumption, making it extremely difficult to balance the system.</p>

<p>"Based on all the data we have analyzed, there is no risk of blackout," Burduja stressed, as quoted by <a href="https://www.profit.ro/povesti-cu-profit/energie/risc-energetic-de-paste-burduja-va-fi-un-apel-catre-prosumatori-sa-si-opreasca-invertoarele-fotovoltaicelor-la-nevoie-va-fi-redusa-puterea-nucleara-la-cernavoda-22003331?mc_cid=51efed1c13&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Profit.ro</a>.</p>

<p>At the end of January, the total installed power of prosumer production systems in Romania amounted to over 2,440 MW, being higher than that of commercial photovoltaic parks, of 2,334 MW.</p>

<p>Currently, some estimates from the system indicate the total power of prosumers at over 2,700 MW.</p>

<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com</em></p>

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