Interconnecting Moldova's gas market: the Iasi-Ungheni case
Interconnecting Moldova's gas market: the Iasi-Ungheni case

Author(s): Ana Otilia Nuțu, Denis Cenușă
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Economic policy
Published by: EXPERT-GRUP Centrul Analitic Independent
Keywords: energy-supply for Moldova;
Summary/Abstract: In 2010-2013, after Moldova joined the Energy Community, the government became more committed to diversify gas supplies by interconnecting with Romania, to fully liberalize the market and to integrate in the European energy system. This supported the completion of the Iasi-Ungheni interconnector in August 2014. It cost 26.5 million EUR, of which about 80% was covered by Romania and the EU and the remaining by Moldova. The interconnector's capacity is 1.5 bcm/year, a volume that could fully cover Moldova's consumption needs (without Transnistria). However, the actual volume exported by Romania through the interconnector in 2015 was only 1 million m3, or about 1% of the country's total consumption (without Moldova's Eastern counties).

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