Romania has proposed in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) to develop the National Recovery Strategy and hydrogen strategy by the end of the second half of 2022 and the revision of the legal framework to encourage investment by the end of the first half of 2023.

The Government has determined the objective of building a 1,870 km gas pipeline to mix 20% natural gas with hydrogen by 2026 and 100% by 2050, and the installation of 100 MW of electrolyzers to produce 10,000 tons of green hydrogen, which will be transported by gas pipeline for consumption in industry and transport mainly

An International Energy Agency analysis puts the cost of hydrogen between $3 and $7/kg, while Lazard, an investment bank well known for its analyses, gives a cost of between $1.4 and $2.85/kg. , much closer to that of H2 produced from fossil sources.

The same is confirmed by the IEA in 2022, which shows blue hydrogen production costs between $4.7 and $7.8/kg, while production from renewable energy barely exceeds $4/kg in Europe.