Energy Strategy Summit 2026 – In Construction Mode

08 Jun 2026 @ 13:00 - 09 Jun 2026 @ 17:00

Romania’s energy transition is no longer in planning phase.
It is under construction.

Energy Strategy Summit 2026 brings together the most influential decision-makers in the Romanian energy sector at a decisive moment: when strategies are tested by execution.

On June 8th and 9th, Energynomics organizes at the Amfiteatru Hall of the National Institute of Statistics, in 16 Libertatii Blvd, sector 5, 050706, Bucharest (see map) the most important event of the summer for the Romanian energy industry.

The 12th edition of the summit brings together the most influential decision-makers in the Romanian energy industry, for an extensive analysis of the national, European and corporate strategies – after the previous successful editions in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015.

This year’s central question is

Can Romania build its energy transition at scale, at speed, and with resilience?

In a summit focused on execution we prepare for two days of high-level debate dedicated to

EPC capacity and supply chains
Grid stress and flexibility solutions
Financing structures and risk allocation
Permitting and regulatory bottlenecks
Industrial electrification and competitiveness
Security and resilience in a volatile region

Over 40 senior speakers — ministers, regulators, CEOs, investors, system operators and European experts — will address a professional audience of decision-makers actively shaping the market.

Agenda – Monday, June 8th

12:00 – 13:00

Guest Registration & Welcome Coffee

13:00 – 13:05

Welcoming speech

Varinia RaduFounder & Managing Partner Energynomics

13:05 – 13:15

Official Opening

Cristian BușoiState Secretary in the Romanian Ministry of Energy

13:15 – 13:25

Official Opening

Gabriel AndronacheVice President of the National Energy Regulatory. Authority

13:25 – 14:15

Fireside Chat: THE GLOBAL ENERGY RESET

Topics: Energy sovereignty beyond resources * Romania’s role in the Black Sea energy map * Grid, storage, and the real energy bottlenecks * Linking energy strategy with industrial strategy

Bernard SimanSenior Associate Fellow at the Egmont Institute

Daniela LulacheNonresident scholar in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

John M. RobertsEnergy Security Specialist, Methinks Ltd

Sebastian BurdujaMember of Parliament, Minister of Energy 2023-2025

14:15 – 15:00

SESSION 1 ENERGY LEADERS: STRATEGIES, PRIORITIES, AND INVESTMENT DECISIONS

The real picture of Romania’s energy transition emerges from the strategies of the country’s largest energy players: how they read the market, where they are investing, what constraints they face, how they balance security and affordability.

Topics: Investment readiness & bankability * Grid access & system flexibility * portfolio strategy across gas, hydro & renewables * Market competition, prices & affordability * Flagship projects and Romania’s regional energy role * EU regulatory sandboxes as tools for proactive governance in the energy sector

Dan Virgil PascuVicepresident of the Romanian Competition Council

Mihaela SuciuCEO Distribuție Energie Electrică România

Dan StratanCEO & Founder of RCI Holding

Florin PopGeneral Manager, EnergoBit

15:00 – 15:10

Keynote Speaker recorded speech

Lóránt AntalRomanian Senate, Chairman of the Energy, Energy Infrastructure, and Natural Resources Committee

15:10 – 15:20

Keynote Speaker recorded speech

Cristina PrunăMember of the Romanian Parliament, Vicepresident Committee for industries and services

15:20 – 15:30

Break

15:30 – 16:30

SESSION 2 THE EXECUTION ENGINE: BUILDING CAPACITY AT SCALE

The transition now depends on execution capability. Developers, EPCs, manufacturers and integrators must deliver at industrial scale.

Topics: EPC capacity constraints * Equipment & workforce shortages * Battery & inverter supply chains * Local manufacturing * O&M Readiness

Liviu GavrilăHead of România Enery

Lăcrămioara Diaconu-PințeaCountry Manager OX2 România

Cristian DragomirCEO Waldevar Energy

Mirel JarneaBusiness Development Manager SEE LONGi Solar

Mihaela CoroiuExecutive Board Member & Chief Commercial Officer Electroalfa

Cătălin StancuAssociated Senior Expert, Horváth

Antonio Sendín RodríguezVP Sales, Southern & Eastern Europe Nextpower

16:30 – 16:40

Break

16:40 – 17:40

SESSION 3 THE GRID UNDER LOAD: STRESS TESTING THE SYSTEM

As construction accelerates, system resilience becomes critical. We will evaluate congestion risks, flexibility needs, and digital solutions required to support rapid capacity growth.

Topics: Curtailment & redispatch * Flexibility & balancing costs * Storage integration * Regional interconnections * Cybersecurity of infrastructure

Mioara BrașoveanuExecutive Director, ABB România

Adrian DobreCountry Manager Romania Eurowind Energy

Răzvan RădulescuCEO Softenerg, WEBUS 4 ENERGY

Alex PătrașcuCountry Lead Romania, Senior Business Developer Manager Scatec

Daniela DărăbanExecutive director of the Federation of Associations of Energy Utilities Companies – ACUE

Cătălina NedelcuVice-Dean Bucharest Business School, Energy MBA Coordinator (moderator)

17:40 – 17:55

Keynote Speaker

Ondrej SafarCEO Distributie Oltenia & Country Manager Evryo

17:55 – 18:10

Keynote Speaker

Dorin JunghietuMinister of Energy, the Republic of Moldova

18:10 – 18:25

Fireside Chat M&A IN CONSTRUCTION MODE

Topics: Trends, consolidation and strategic partnerships in today’s market.

Sebastian EnacheHead of M&A Monsson

Gabriel AvăcărițeiChief Editor of Energynomics

18:25 – 19:20

SESSION 4 BUILDING THE NEW NUCLEAR ECOSYSTEM IN ROMANIA

Romania’s nuclear program is entering a construction phase that requires a new ecosystem – supply chain, skills, regulation, financing, safety culture, and long-term industrial capability.

Gavin BuchanAmbassador of Embassy of Canada to Romania

Corina TruicăPresident of the Board of Directors, Romatom

Dragoș RoibuChairman of the Board of Directors of Nuclearelectrica Serv

19:20 – 19:35

Keynote Speaker

Leslie McWilliamsPresident & CEO Laurentis Energy Partners

19:35 – 21:00

Networking Cocktail

Agenda – Tuesday, June 9th

09:00 – 10:00

Guest Registration & Welcome Coffee

10:00 – 10:05

Opening remarks

Gabriel AvăcărițeiChief Editor Energynomics

10:05 – 10:15

Keynote Speaker

Mihaela MihăilescuDeputy Head of Romania at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

10:15 – 10:25

Keynote Speaker

Marius CaraHead of EIB Group Office in Romania

10:25 – 11:15

SESSION 5 POWER IN THE MAKING: BUILDING THE REGION’S ENERGY ROLE

The region’s importance will ultimately be defined not by geography alone, but by execution of interconnections, market integration, strategic infrastructure, and the ability to move common projects from political ambition to delivery.

Topics: Regional interconnections & market integration * Energy security near the Russo-Ukrainian front * Storage, grids & cross-border infrastructure * Common policy priorities for Southeast & Central Europe

Sorin EliseiGeneral Director of the Energy Policies, Ministry of Energy

Frank HajdinjakVice President, Romanian Energy Center

Mariana RufaExecutive Director European Business Association of Moldova – EBA Moldova

Sebastien MetzCEO & Board Member, AHK Romania

Giacomo BilliFounder & CEO Alive Capital

Munir HassanPartner, Head of the CMS Energy & Climate Change Group

Simona MarcuTYNDP Project Manager, ENTSOG

11:15 – 11:25

Fireside Chat FROM CONSULTATION TO COOPERATION

On the crucial importance of real dialogue, consultation and cooperation between public authorities and representatives of the business environment.

Daniel ApostolGeneral Director of FPE

Gabriel AvăcărițeiChief Editor of Energynomics

11:25 – 12:15

SESSION 6 CAPITAL AT WORK: FINANCING WHAT IS ACTUALLY BUILT

Not all projects survive contact with financing reality. We explore which structures enable delivery — and which fail when at execution.

Topics: Financial close realities * Merchant vs contracted risk * Storage revenue stacking Insurance & guarantees * Risk-sharing mechanisms * Post-FID project failures

Manuela TrisnevschiHead of Energy & Utilities, BCR

Răzvan IonescuCommercial Director 4P Renewables

Alina ȘtefanChief Commercial Officer Enexus Renewable

Cosmin CheranCEO Think Blu Solution

George DrobotManaging Director, SUNOTEC Romania

George DragneHead of Business Development | Energy Industry Leader WTW

12:15 – 12:25

Keynote Speaker

Răzvan SzilagyiChief Financial Officer Bucharest Stock Exchange

12:25 – 12:35

Break

12:35 – 13:30

SESSION 7 BESS, OPTIMISATION & BANKABILITY

Battery energy storage is becoming one of Romania’s key energy-transition opportunities, driven by market volatility, grid balancing needs and a fast-growing renewable pipeline. But the commercial framework is still forming: revenue stacking, trading, balancing-market access, tolling agreements, co-location and lender requirements all need clearer contractual structures.

Topics: Romania’s BESS pipeline * Revenue stacking and optimization * Tolling, merchant and hybrid models * Bankability and lender requirements * Balancing market and Transelectrica mechanisms * ANRE regulation and risk allocation * Co-location with renewables * From commercial plan to term sheet

Henri TaskinenCEO & a Co-Founder Capalo.ai

Gabriel TacheSegment Sales Director Utilities & Renewables Emerging Cluster Eaton Electric

Dănuț GheorgheProduct Manager ATMOCE Eastern Europe

Mircea BicaCEO MBK Power Energy

James SpellingProject Manager, Baringa

Marian PavelCountry Manager for Romania, Rezolv Energy

13:30 – 14:30

Lunch Break

14:30 – 14:50

Conversație strategică FROM RENEWABLE CAPACITY TO OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE

“In the national renewable race, will success belong to those who build more capacity — or to those who can turn that capacity into reliable performance and market value?

Elena PopescuCEO Elektra Renewable Support

Gabriel Avăcărițeiredactor șef al Energynomics

14:50 – 15:45

SESSION 8 ENERGY FOR INDUSTRY, BUILDINGS & DISTRIBUTED ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE

Energy transformation is now an implementation challenge: upgrading industrial processes, modernizing commercial and building loads, integrating distributed generation and storage, and ensuring reliable access to energy – from electricity to natural gas – while keeping projects bankable, efficient and grid-ready.

Topics: Behind-the-meter storage & peak management * Natural gas solutions for industry, buildings and energy resilience * Digital energy control, automation & smart assets * Industrial and commercial electrification strategies * Local equipment, integration & delivery capacity * Energy efficiency for buildings and large sites

Răzvan PârvulescuBusiness Development Director, Natural Gas Division at Hagag Energy

Răzvan IorguManaging Director CBRE Romania

Răducu IonescuSolution & Service Manager Sigenergy

Victor GavrilăProject Manager for EnergiaTa – Energy Simulator

15:45 – 16:00

Fireside Chat ACTIONABLE CONCLUSIONS

Topics: What remains after two days of high-level talks. What wasn’t said.

Zoltán Nagy-BegeDirector of Energy Markets at Ciga Energy

Gabriel Avăcărițeiredactor șef al Energynomics

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Energy Strategy Summit 2026 is not about ambition.
It is about delivery.

If your organization builds, finances, insures, integrates, automates, or consumes energy at scale — this is where Romania’s construction phase is debated and defined.

Energy Strategy Summit 2026 is organised by Energynomics, with the support of our partners: Elektra Renewable Support, 4P Renewables, ABB, Alive Capital, Atmoce, Baringa, BCR, Big Store, Capalo AI, CBRE Romania, Distribuție Energie Electrică România, Eastship, Distributie Oltenia parte din Evryo, Eaton Electric, Electrica Furnizare, Electroalfa, Electroprecizia, EnergoBit, Enery, Enexus, Eurowind, Evryo, Exim Banca Romaneasca, Hagag Energy, KStar, LONGi, MBK Power Energy, MET Romania Energy, Monsson Trading, Nextpower, OX2, Romgaz, Schraubram, Sigenergy, Softenerg WEBUS 4 ENERGY, Solar Today, Sunotec, TBEA, Think Blu Solution, Transelectrica, Waldevar Energy, WTW Romania. Coffee Break Partner Enerta. Lanyard Partner Monsson Operation. Beverage Partners Aqua Carpatica, Alexandrion. Digital Partner Imsol. Mobility Partner BlackCab.

Strategic partners: ACUE, AFEER, AIIR, AHK România, ARPEE, CCIpR, CIGRE Romania, CNR-CME, CRE, EFdeN, EPG, HENRO, FPE, PATRES, ROMATOM, RPIA, RWEA, SAMER.