Implementation of the EU legislation on Romanian power industry. Romanian legislation: achievements and shortcomings

In the last decade, Romania drew up specific integration and EU directives implementation programs for main economy sectors. The paper aims to present: (1) structural changes of power sector; (2) main pieces of Romanian legislation regarding the interaction between energy conversion technologies and environment; (3) evolution trends of the pollution generated by thermal power units; (4) difficulties encountered in the process of alignment to the EU provisions.