România riscă sancțiuni pentru producția de cărbune cu emisii crescute de metan

Romania's coal mines, particularly in the Valea Jiului region, face potential sanctions under the EU Methane Regulation due to emission levels significantly exceeding the 5 tonnes per kiloton limit set for 2027. In 2022, emissions in Valea Jiului averaged 14.9 tonnes per kiloton. To avoid non-compliance, the document suggests improving degasification efficiency—which is currently 25% compared to up to 60% in countries like Poland and Germany—and implementing 'mined methane from abandoned mines' (MMA) projects, as Romania has 173 closed underground mines that remain untapped.

• Romania is the fifth largest coal producer in the EU, and in 2021, methane emissions from coal mining accounted for 60% (213 thousand tonnes) of the total reported methane emissions from the energy sector.
• The four underground hard coal mines in the Valea Jiului region, operated by Complexul Energetic Valea Jiului (CEVJ), emitted an average of 14.9 tonnes of methane per kiloton of coal in 2022, nearly three times the EU limit of 5 tonnes per kiloton required by 2027.
• Despite plans to stop coal extraction by 2030, CEVJ increased daily coal extraction in 2024 from 500 tonnes in January to a target of 2,000 tonnes per day by June.
• Romania's mine degasification efficiency is significantly lower than in other countries; it captures an average of 25%, while Russia, Poland, Germany, and France capture up to 60%. Increasing Romanian efficiency by 50% could raise usable methane from 447 to 1,300 tonnes per year.
• Romania has not utilized 'mined methane from abandoned mines' (MMA) projects despite closing 173 underground mines between 1935 and 2019, whereas Germany uses such projects to generate 544 GWh of electricity and 108 GWh of thermal energy.

APA

Assan, S. (2024). România riscă sancțiuni pentru producția de cărbune cu emisii crescute de metan. Ember. https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/10/Factsheet-Romanian.pdf

Chicago

Assan, Sabina. România riscă sancțiuni pentru producția de cărbune cu emisii crescute de metan. Ember, 2024. https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/10/Factsheet-Romanian.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |last1=Assan |first1=Sabina |title=România riscă sancțiuni pentru producția de cărbune cu emisii crescute de metan |publisher=Ember |date=10 October 2024 |url=https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/10/Factsheet-Romanian.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{assan2024romnia, author = {Assan, Sabina}, title = {{România riscă sancțiuni pentru producția de cărbune cu emisii crescute de metan}}, institution = {Ember}, year = {2024}, month = oct, url = {https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/10/Factsheet-Romanian.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }