WRITING MOLDOVAN FUTURE ENERGY SCENARIO

This panel will examine Moldova’s investment climate for energy development, focusing on legal and regulatory stability, power purchase agreements (PPAs), grid access, and tools for risk mitigation. Policymakers and financial experts will outline how Moldova is working to attract and secure long-term energy investments.

Key Discussion Points:

• Transportation and implementation of EU legislation status (REDIII, Gas decarbonisation and hydrogen package) and development of national legislation, including the timing of legal acts.
• Policy goals – how hydrogen and e-fuels stand out in national energy policies and how those are aligned with wide EU policy.
• How legal framework roll-out will aid hydrogen production and consumption.
• Main challenges foreseen by policymakers and market players.
• Future-proofing storage: long-duration systems and emerging technologies

This panel highlights Moldova’s underexploited renewable energy potential, offering developers and investors insight into resource data, project pipelines, and greenfield site availability. Experts will discuss permitting, land access, grid connection, and investment-readiness for various clean energy technologies.

Key Discussion Points:

• Compliance market – when it starts and how big it is in the region. EU regulations for transport, industry, marine and aviation. How EU regulations are reflected in national regulations and is there a need for any additional regulation.
• E-fuels and synthetic fuels sector development. 
• Hydrogen for mobility: what are the perspectives and challenges for development of H2 refuelling stations and what types of consumers would be using them.
• Biogenic CO2 carbon capture potential and development. How it can be aligned with E-fuels market.
• Incentives for hydrogen consumption for transportation and industry.

A deep dive into real investment opportunities – this session will present shovel-ready or near-ready energy projects, as well as financing models (PPP, blended finance, etc.). Developers and financiers will explore how to scale solutions to meet Moldova’s growing demand and align with EU standards.

Key Discussion Points:

• Hydrogen production potential – overall perspectives in the region; update on projects in progress and planned.
• Hydrogen export options – prerequisites and potential; local demand and usage prioritization.
• Critical factors to be implemented to allow hydrogen build-out in the region – timeline, FIDs, clarity of regulations and legal; offtake; infrastructure (transport and storage).
• Other pathways to produce green and low-carbon hydrogen (rather than electrolysis) – what they are, update on existing and planned projects, factors determining their success.

Energy infrastructure modernization—smart grids, storage, EV charging, and digitization—is essential to Moldova’s transition. This panel explores commercial opportunities in infrastructure upgrades and how innovation is opening new markets for private sector participation.

Key Discussion Points:

• Hydrogen as the largest new consumer of renewable energy.
• Serving electricity market flexibility needs though DSR (ancillary services and balancing).
• Hydrogen offtakes – on- and off-grid, the need for flexible PPAs (as H2 productions very sensitive to price fluctuations).
• Grid tariffication – the need for lower and dynamic grid tariffs to incentivise both connection to the energy grid and flexibility (positive to electricity market demands).

Moldova is strengthening interconnection with Romania and aligning with EU energy directives. This panel explores how regional integration offers investors access to broader markets, higher returns, and enhanced energy security across borders.

Key Discussion Points:

• NBHC and other major transport corridors – their importance, current status of development, further requirements to speed up their deployment, competition and co-operation of separate corridors.
• National hydrogen network development – requirements, design, timeframe and pre-conditions.
• Balancing hydrogen network without storage. Expected lengths of balancing periods and implications for H2 production, consumption and electricity markets.
• Market storage requirements; location plans and time frame for the first underground storage facility in the region to be operational.
• Over storage potential in the region.

PLEASE NOTE:

All timings are approximate. The organisers reserve the right o agenda the agenda to reflect market changes and updates and are not responsible for speakers no-show and last-minute replacements. Thank you for visiting Future Energy Forum Moldova agenda page.