Wind power in Romania

A NUMBER OF FACTORS ARE MAKING ROMANIA EMERGE AS AN ATTRACTIVE AND ALTERNATIVE LOCATION FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTORS WHO ARE INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT LOWER RETURNS FROM MORE ESTABLISHED MARKETS IN THE WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: INCREASING DEMAND; LOW PENETRATION OF RENEWABLES; A GOVERNMENT MANDATE SPECIFYING THAT A CERTAIN PORTION OF ELECTRICITY MUST COME FROM CLEAN SOURCES BY 2010; NOT TO MENTION GOOD DIRECT INCENTIVES FOR WIND DEVELOPMENT. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]