Renewable Resources Promotion By Support Mechanisms

The energy from renewable sources complies with several strategic objectives of the EU policy such as environment negative impact reduction (conformation to the provisions of Kyoto Protocol approved on March 5, 2002), increase of the security in terms of energy supply and competitiveness enhancement. The main concern, especially on medium and long term, is the production of electrical and thermal energy based on renewable sources. In order to promote the renewable energy resources, the support mechanisms to promote an increase of these resources use to produce heat and hot water should be considered among other measures. A number of actions including legal facilities for the population to encourage buying, installing and using of heating and domestic hot water equipments that use renewable energy resources have been undertaken at regional level aiming to promote renewable energy production and to improve the air, water and soil quality. By the program “Casa Verde (Green Home) – individuals, the applicants who meet certain conditions receive grants to replace or supplement the traditional heating systems with systems that use renewable resources.