Romania unveils 80 million subsidy program for household solar battery storage

Romania’s Environment Ministry on Tuesday published a draft guide for a new €80 million funding program to subsidize battery storage systems for households with solar panels, opening a public consultation on the rules.
The program, administered by the Environmental Fund Administration, allocates 400 million lei to reimburse individuals classified as prosumers for the purchase and installation of storage systems paired with existing rooftop photovoltaic arrays. Each applicant may receive up to 15,000 lei including VAT, capped at 1,250 lei per kWh of storage capacity and 75 percent of eligible costs, with the beneficiary covering at least 25 percent of the investment, according to the draft guide .
Eligibility extends to all individuals who own a grid-connected renewable energy system and hold prosumer status, regardless of whether their solar panels were installed under previous state schemes or financed privately. The storage system must have a minimum capacity of 12 kWh and be sized to match the household’s production and consumption needs, the ministry stated .
Interim Environment Minister Diana Buzoianu said the initiative aims to let households use solar power generated during the day in the evening, reducing peak-hour imports and easing pressure on the national grid. “The natural next step after years of investment in photovoltaic production is to invest in storage so that the energy produced during the day can be used by prosumers in the evening, when consumption is higher and Romania ends up importing energy,” Buzoianu wrote on Facebook .
The draft guide was published alongside a separate national program for large-scale battery storage announced the same day by Interim Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan. That scheme, funded through the Modernization Fund, allocates €150 million to commercial entities for stand-alone storage projects totaling at least 2,174 MWh, with applications open from Sept. 1 to Oct. 30, 2026, and contracts signed by February 2027 .
The European Commission on Tuesday also published a rulebook clarifying which national energy measures qualify for temporary budget flexibility under EU fiscal rules through 2028. Subsidies and low-cost loans for renewables, clean technology, home renovations, and industrial decarbonization are permitted, as are investments in grids and large-scale battery storage, but fossil-fuel tax cuts or subsidies are explicitly excluded .
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