Interview with Corneliu Bodea, CEO of Adrem: I want to believe that entrepreneurship in Romania will reach a new level

Adrem celebrates 30 years since its establishment. You are a model company, a family business. How do you assess the evolution of the company in these three decades, during which our country has transformed tremendously?
Investments that prepare for the future

The Adrem Group, which offers solutions and services dedicated to the energy field, celebrates 30 years of innovation and investment in projects that shape the future.
Adrem: Romania must choose the energy mix that is acceptable for its grid

A share of 30% of green, wind and solar energy would be about the limit that the national energy system could integrate without problems, believe Adrem representatives…
“We have an industry based on a cost of energy and labor well below the EU average…”

We have an industry based on a cost of energy and labor well below the EU average…
Smart metering should be the starting point in adapting electricity grids to the new wave of green energies

The digitalisation of the energy sector and the increasing supply of energy from renewable sources are already putting considerable pressure on the existing electricity grid, which is however extremely high in an advanced stage of wear and tear
“We will probably get through this winter; we must be concerned about what we will do after that for the gas supply”

We should not be too optimistic and imagine that hydrogen could quickly become a solution to the current crisis. The important thing is to invest, to be consistent and to understand that hydrogen could also be in the future…
Corneliu Bodea, Adrem: “This ‘marriage’ between electric cars and the energy industry cannot exist without a coherent evolution of both sectors”

The electric vehicles are a gift for the energy industry. We are a little surprised by the evolution of this sector, but it is an extraordinary gift for us.
“In the field of energy, Romania is in a better place than other countries and less good than it could have been”

Romania is in a place that is better than other countries and less good than it could have been. Here is my personal dissatisfaction: certainly, considering the resources we have, we could have been in a much better place…