Almost half (46 percent) of Romanians are interested in purchasing, in the next year, a system of photovoltaic panels from an energy supplier, according to a study carried out by E.ON in September, their number being up 11 percent compared to the same month last year.

This year, the number of prosumers connected to the Delgaz Grid network increased, reaching over 3,500 at the end of September, and it is estimated that by the end of the year there will be around 6,700 prosumers, which represents a 4-fold increase compared to the beginning of this year.

Also, the number of installations of new condensing plants (E.ON Life), which provide savings of up to 30 percent on the bill, has increased by 17 percent this year. The saving potential remains high, given that many of the gas-fired thermal power plants in Romanian households are more than ten years old and should be replaced with energy-efficient ones.

“The application of energy efficiency measures and solutions, the reduction of consumption through small gestures, without affecting comfort, the transition from the status of consumer to that of prosumer are the correct answers to the times of crisis we are going through, with historic energy prices. E.ON’s household customers have shown that they understand how important these measures are, and the results can be seen in reducing consumption by an average of 7 percent in energy and 5 percent in natural gas in the first nine months of the year, compared to the same period last year. It is important for Romania that, through everyone’s contribution, it becomes less dependent on imports and together we face those who use energy as a weapon”, said Volker Raffel, general director of E.ON Romania.

E.ON Romania believes that among the measures that have to be taken by the authorities in the next period, it is absolutely necessary to find a solid package of energy efficiency measures aimed at mitigating the impact of the increase in energy prices.