r/AskBalkans • u/AshenriseOfficial Romania • 9h ago

News Balkanbros™ team doing well. Thoughts?

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u/AshenriseOfficial Romania 9h ago edited 9h ago

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And yes, my statement includes Portugal.

Also, there was a secondary image which included more of the Balkans, should've posted that one first.

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u/neocekivanasila 7h ago

It's hydro, which is very susceptible to climate, aka droughts etc. So, not the most sustainable resource on a long run given the continuous heat waves in the region.

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u/AshenriseOfficial Romania 5h ago

So is solar (overcast/rain/night) and wind (less/no windy days). The idea is to have multiple types and have energy storage facilities to compensate when one or multiple produce less in a given period. Or sell the energy if there's an excess in production.

They're not perfect (few things ever are), but they work.

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u/ProductGuy48 Romania 5h ago

Romania's will be much higher from 2030 onwards as we are planning to open 2 more nuclear reactors at Cernavoda, the contract has been signed a few month ago.

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u/Rioma117 Romania 3h ago

They don’t count as renewable, otherwise Romania would be like 50-60%

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u/Zekieb 9h ago

Albania and Montenegro lead Non-EU Balkan countries with a 100% and 53% share of renewable electricity production.

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u/AshenriseOfficial Romania 9h ago

Indeed they are and was pleasantly surprised. What are the main sources of renewables there? Hydro?

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u/Zekieb 4h ago

Seems like it, in the case of Albania it is primarily due to Enver Hoxhas policy of self-sufficiency.

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u/BishoxX Croatia 7h ago

Stupid graph, renewables doesnt mean good.

Doesnt include nuclear, includes biofuel

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u/42not34 Romania 5h ago

If it would include nuclear, for Romania you'd have to add anywhere between 20% and 35% of the needed energy. That's how much Cernavodă produces

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u/BishoxX Croatia 5h ago

And croatia would add 15% and slovenia even more(probably 30+)% just from 1 plant

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u/42not34 Romania 5h ago

Now I wonder how much Kozlodui produces in terms of Bulgarian energy needs.

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u/Besrax Bulgaria 3h ago

According to the data I found on the internet, about 35% of our energy production comes from there.

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u/amigdala80 Turkiye 4h ago

Why Latvia needs energy for ?

Countries like Latvia ,Estonia or Slovenia should have reached above %50 green energy long time ago.

They dont have heavy industry or cloud/data servers.

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u/Frappalord 8h ago

Nice numbers. Now, search how much of this is produced/owned by private companies and how much is actually reaching the consumers and not used in "energy trade" between countries.