Electricity generation capacity from renewable energy sources in Moldova has tripled since 2018.
According to the Energy Efficiency Agency, in late 2022, the total installed capacity was 206.81 MW, compared to 61.6 MW at the end of 2018. More than half of all renewable energy generation capacity comes from wind plants (56%), followed by photovoltaic plants/solar cells (29%), hydroelectric plants (8%) and biogas cogeneration plants (7%). In the photovoltaic sector, electricity generation capacity has grown the most, almost 15 times in 5 years. For example, PV/solar power generation capacity, including net metering, increased from 4.02 MW in 2018 to 60.13 MW in 2022. Net metering includes the production capacity of consumers, individuals or entities that own power plants for their own consumption and are allowed to feed excess energy produced into the grid. At the end of 2022, there were 1,886 registered beneficiaries of the Net Metering support mechanism, with a total combined capacity of 33.47 MW. It should be noted that at the end of 2018, there were only 57 Clean Metering Mechanism beneficiaries, with a combined capacity of 542.3 kW. At the same time, power generation capacity from wind power plants has increased approximately 3 times, from 35.6 MW in 2018 to 115.1 MW in 2022. At the same time, power generation capacity from biogas cogeneration plants has increased almost 2.7 times, from 5.7 MW to 15.3 MW. // 17.03.2023 – InfoMarket
