August 24 (SeeNews) - Romania's renewable energy production capacity reached 4,690 MW at the end of June, data from power grid operator Transelectrica [BSE:TEL] showed.
At the end of June, Romania had 2,959 MW wind farm capacity, 1,312 MW solar plant capacity, 315 MW hydroelectric power stations and some 103 MW biomass installations, Transelectrica data posted on its website showed.
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Last year, Romania's renewable energy production capacity was 5,142 MW.
In July 2011, the European Commission approved the Romanian green certificate support system for promoting electricity from renewable energy sources.
Green certificates are granted to electricity producers in Romania for each MWh generated from wind, hydro, biomass, landfill gas, sewage plant treatment gas or solar. If the energy is produced in high efficiency co-generation plants, a bonus is applied.
For 2016, the mandatory quota of electricity produced from renewable energy, benefiting from the promotion system through green certificates is 12.15% of gross final consumption of electricity.