This article explains how Romania’s new funding guide will select household energy-storage projects and what has changed since consultation.
A national grant scheme for prosumers
Romania has published in its Official Gazette the final funding guide for installing storage systems for electricity generated from renewable sources. The scheme is aimed at individuals who are prosumers, meaning household energy producers who also consume electricity. It has a budget of 400 million lei and is administered through the Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests and the Environment Fund Administration, known as AFM. AFM funding may cover up to 75% of an eligible project’s value, subject to a ceiling of 15,000 lei including VAT. The programme finances new storage capacity, rather than reimbursing the same costs twice.
Selection will be based on scoring
The scheme will not use a first come, first served process. Once the application session closes, projects will be ranked by score and selected within the available budget. The final guide awards points for the applicant’s own contribution and for storage capacity, with each criterion carrying a maximum of 50 points. The maximum capacity score is reached at 20 kWh, so systems above that level receive no additional points and the AFM contribution remains capped at 15,000 lei. Earlier support under other programmes does not provide an advantage, although previous beneficiaries may apply on the same terms as other prosumers.
Consultation altered the entry conditions
The final rules incorporate comments submitted by individuals, professional associations, companies, installers and specialists. More than 200 points of view were received and analysed. The minimum eligible storage capacity was reduced from 12 kWh to 10 kWh, while the maximum eligible cost standard rose from 1,250 lei per kWh to 1,500 lei per kWh, including VAT. The scoring criterion linked to photovoltaic installation capacity was removed, avoiding a preference for larger systems. A battery installed previously is no longer, by itself, a reason for ineligibility, and an electricity bill submitted with an application may now be up to six months old rather than three.
Technical safeguards are part of eligibility
Funded systems must include a battery management system, or BMS, to monitor essential parameters and protect the equipment. They must also allow the battery to charge automatically from surplus electricity produced by the photovoltaic installation. The minimum required battery life was increased from 3,000 to 5,000 charge-discharge cycles. The final guide also removed the general wording that gave ‘authorised persons’ access to household data on electricity produced, stored and used. AFM has yet to announce the application period and operational details, so the published guide sets the framework while the session timetable remains forthcoming.
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The guide marks a move towards a scored, capacity-focused grant competition for household storage, with technical requirements and a fixed public contribution shaping what projects can qualify. The next practical step is AFM’s announcement of the registration period and session details.
Reported from economedia.ro, 2026-09-14. The Tender Wire is published by Otnox.
