ANALYSIS OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL IN ROMANIA AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT

This paper stresses the necessity and possibility of using renewable energy because fossil fuel reserves are expensive and depleting. The ultimate goal is to reduce pollution and ensure some energy independence. It also presents the current situation and development of this sector in our country. Renewable resources are a clean and sustainable alternative to obtain energy. In times of rising prices of fossil fuels and the increased efforts to reduce the dependence of imported natural gas, electricity production based on renewable energy is an important option. Renewable resource management is very important because their use can influence the environment and it reduces the land used for agriculture.