nergy means security and the decarbonisation process cannot take place without nuclear energy, Energy Minister Virgil Popescu said on Thursday after a ministerial meeting of the Transatlantic Partnership for Energy and Climate Cooperation (P-TECC) in Warsaw, Poland.
“We conveyed that energy means security, and the decarbonization process cannot be done without nuclear energy. At the same time, during the meeting with our US partners we discussed energy cooperation in the context of the 10th anniversary of the Strategic Partnership between Romania and USA and the Romania-US Agreement for cooperation on nuclear energy projects in Cernavoda. I look forward to working with our US partners to promote our energy and climate security, to develop projects for cooperation in the nuclear field, but also for the development of the rare metals industry in Romania. I also had fruitful discussions with my colleagues from Poland, Serbia and Ukraine regarding the development of joint investment projects to strengthen energy security,” Popescu said.
According to a press release of the Ministry of Energy, the Romanian official called for the adoption of a strategic vision on the development of our energy system that should be focused on mitigating climate change and ensuring a fair and equitable transition.
The Minister of Energy, Virgil Popescu, participated on Thursday in the ministerial meeting of the Transatlantic Partnership for Energy and Climate Cooperation (P-TECC), which took place in Warsaw, Poland.
The event, organized under the auspices of US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Polish Minister of Climate and Environment Michal Kurtyka, brought together high-level representatives from the European Commission and P-TECC states.
On the sidelines of the meeting, the Romanian Minister of Energy met with Jennifer Granholm and Poland’s Special Representative for Strategic Energy Infrastructure, Piotr Naimski, as well as with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Mining and Energy of Serbia, Zorana Mihajlovic, and with the Minister energy of Ukraine, German Galushchenko.