H.E. Evangelia Grammatika, Ambassador of Greece to Romania, placed energy cooperation at the very center of regional security and economic stability, framing her intervention at 2025 Energynomics Awards Gala around the acceleration of strategic partnerships in a period of heightened geopolitical pressure. She opened by recalling the recent Transatlantic Energy Cooperation Ministerial held on November 6, with the participation of the U.S. Secretary of Energy and the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, alongside ministers from the region, including Romania. The meeting, she stressed, marked a concrete step in strengthening coordinated action on energy security across Southeast and Eastern Europe.

At the core of this cooperation stands the Vertical Gas Corridor, a project with direct strategic implications for the region. The Ambassador underlined that the agreements signed at the ministerial level “solidified the vertical gas corridor linking Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and onwards to the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine,” extending further toward Serbia, Hungary and Slovakia. In her message, this infrastructure is not only about diversification of supply routes, but also about shielding national energy systems against external shocks, especially in the context of repeated attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and the broader objective of reducing dependence on Russian energy.

Beyond infrastructure, H.E. Grammatika highlighted the growing footprint of Greek capital in Romania’s energy sector, pointing to investments that are already reshaping the market. She referred in particular to PPC’s multi-billion-euro commitments in Romania, alongside new strategic projects such as the large gas-fired power plant under construction near Deva. These investments, she explained, are directly linked to the need for reliable baseload capacity, the expansion of renewables, and the rising electricity demand generated by data centers and digital infrastructure with very high energy requirements.

The Ambassador placed these developments in a broader regional and European context, where Romania’s own resource base is becoming increasingly relevant. She emphasized that the Neptune Deep offshore gas project will turn Romania into one of Europe’s largest gas producers for several years, reshaping both national and regional supply dynamics. At the same time, she drew attention to Greece’s own transformation, noting that renewables now play a decisive role in the Greek energy mix, enabling the country to shift from a net energy importer to an energy exporter for the first time in years. “Renewables are a very important part of Greece’s energy mix, making it for the first time in years an energy exporter instead of just a net importer of energy,” she said.

In closing, H.E. Evangelia Grammatika extended the perspective from bilateral projects to a wider network of emerging energy corridors, including links across the Eastern Mediterranean and toward the Middle East. In an international environment that “lacks predictability,” as she suggested, connectivity, interoperability and coordinated investment become essential anchors of stability. Her message to the Romanian energy community was one of strategic alignment: energy security, economic growth and geopolitical resilience are no longer separate agendas, but increasingly the same conversation.

Since 2013, the awards offered by Energynomics have served to recognize and reward success and best practices in Romania’s energy sector. This year’s Energynomics partners were: AJ Brand, Elektra Renewable Support, 4P Renewables, ABB, Adrem Asset Management, BCR, CIGA Energy Advisory, CJR Renewables, DRI, E.On, Eaton, Electrica Furnizare, Electrogrup, EnergoBit, Enery, Enevo Group, Enexus, ETH Group, Exim Banca Românească, GoodWe, Hidroelectrica, IO Partners, Keno, Lemetal, Marsh, Nano Energies, Noark Electric, Nofar Energy, Nuclearelectrica, OX2, Parapet, Photomate, ProCredit Bank, Prime Batteries Technology, RCI Holding, Renomia Gallagher, Romgaz, Rompetrol, Siemens Energy. Sigenergy, SolarToday, SolaX Power, Sunotec, Sunwire, Think Blu Solutions, Transelectrica, Voltika, Waldevar, Wiren, Yeo, Alexandrion, Artesana, Aqua Carpatica, Domeniile Samburesti, Imsol, Killian, Sixt.

Strategic partners for the 2025 Energynomics Awards were ACCER, ACUE, AFEER, AHK, AIIR, CCIpR, CIGRE Romania, CNR-CME, CRE, EFdeN, EPG, FPE, HENRO, PATRES, RPIA, RWEA.