Romania is not planning to run a grant scheme offering non-repayable funds for home solar installations for a second year running, instead aiming funds at existing solar prosumers looking to install battery storage systems. The Romanian Photovoltaic Industry Association expects strong growth in Romania’s rooftop PV market to continue despite the absence of solar-specific installation grants.
May 18, 2026
Romania‘s Environmental Fund Administration (AFM) is planning not to run a grant program aimed at household solar installations this year. The Casa Verde photovoltaic program, first announced in 2018, previously offered non-repayable funds to homeowners installing solar, covering up to 90% of system costs.
After last year’s edition was suspended, with the government citing a lack of financial capacity for the program at the time, Romania’s Association of Prosumers and Energy Communities recently published a statement announcing that previously allocated funds for the program were being redirected to water and sewer projects in AFM’s budget for 2026.
Local press in Romania is now reporting that the country’s Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests is planning to transform the Casa Verde program into a grant scheme for batteries aimed at prosumers, of which there are now over 250,000 in the country.
