Romania’s government-run Green House program, designed to encourage the use of home heating and energy systems based on renewable energy, will be modified this year and will finance only energy storage systems, not the installation of photovoltaic panels, according to environment minister Diana Buzoianu. “Things got stuck because, over time, exponentially large amounts of money were allocated for panels and almost EUR 0 for batteries. As such, this year, the program will exclusively fund batteries that allow for the storage of energy. Buzoianu estimated that after the completion of the project, the capacity installed through the program will allow the storage of at least 200 MWh. The energy accumulated in the batteries is expected to be used during peak consumption intervals, especially in the evening, when photovoltaic production decreases, and Romania ends up importing energy.