Romania is preparing a €76mn household battery programme designed to increase self-consumption linked to the country’s expanding rooftop photovoltaic fleet. The support is intended to shift assistance away from subsidising additional solar panel installations.
The proposed scheme would be available to households that already have photovoltaic systems. Applicants could receive support covering up to 75 per cent of eligible investment, with a subsidy ceiling of approximately €2,860 including VAT.
Eligibility and battery requirements
Households would fund the remaining share of the investment themselves. Batteries eligible for support would need to be newly installed and compatible with the existing photovoltaic system.
To qualify, the storage units must provide at least 12 kWh of storage capacity. This requirement is tied directly to the programme’s focus on enabling later use of electricity produced during solar-rich periods.
Policy rationale linked to daytime solar output
The programme marks a change in Romania’s residential energy policy approach. Authorities are seeking to address operational consequences associated with large quantities of daytime solar production.
By storing electricity generated during high-solar hours, household batteries would enable consumption later rather than immediate export. This would reduce immediate injection into distribution grids and, at system level, could ease local constraints and smooth the transition between daytime solar surpluses and evening demand.
Application assessment process
Applications are expected to be evaluated using a points-based ranking system. The programme would not use a first-come-first-served model for selecting successful applicants.
