Reporter: You have launched the project "Romania - a European Energy Node". What does this project consist of?

Mihai Macsim: 5-6 years ago, the Russian- Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIRR), in association with the Institute of National Economy of the Romanian Academy has analyzed and reviewed the chances of developing the economic relations with the Russian Federation. An important component of this relationship is the import of energy carriers. The new regulations of the EU in this area stipulate, among other things, that EU member countries are required to have access to the gas and oil pipelines for exports. A simple analysis of the map of Romania with its positioning on the map of Europe leads to the conclusion that we are on the path of the energy transit from every direction and yet paradoxically they all go around Romania (we all know the reasons for that). Or, the proposals coming from the manufacturers of natural gas from the ex-soviet countries to build avenues of transport towards the EU/Balkans, of cooperation in specific structures such as deposits, the interconnection-dispatch systems, but especially the existence of specialists in this area in Romania have caused us to initiate this project that would answer to the demand. The name of energetic node has been making the rounds for a long time in the debates on this matter - over ten years - and was mentioned in Romania's energy strategy. Mainly, our project proposes the coagulation of our interests in this area in the country and outside it in the implementation of private capital components in Romania, such as avenues of transport for hydrocarbons in transit, entry/exit, the generation of finite energy through thermoelectric plants with fossil fuels, nuclear fuel, generators of electricity using the primary resources existing on the territory of Romania, such as water, wind, sun, th