The Environment Fund Administration gets record budget
The Romanian government has officially launched the 2025 edition of its car scrapping scheme, one of the most popular government support programmes.
Mihai Pelin, 25.04.2025, 14:00
The Environment Fund Administration this year received from the government a record budget for investments, worth over 3.2 billion euros. The money will be used to go ahead with older programmes and to launch new ones, says environment minister Mircea Fechet. He explained that this is the first time that the entire chain of energy transition in the case of private households will be financed. In his opinion, this is a major step towards the population’s energy independence and to cut utility bills. The minister presented the main funding schemes:
“We will use the budget for the already known programmes and for new ones which we will propose this year. For the first time, we aim to provide integrated funding to the complete chain of energy transition for households by extending the solar panel scheme with storage batteries to heat pumps. This year we will also extend the car scrapping scheme, the Environment Fund Administration’s oldest programme. We will continue to fund street lighting with LED type lights. We will support residents of mountain areas with a scheme to replace old heating stoves.”
A programme entitled “The green house for photovoltaics” will expand this year to include three different programmes. One is intended for those wishing to buy energy storage batteries and the second for heat pumps. Last but not least, the photovoltaic programme will automatically include a battery. The novelty this year is the heat pump scheme, known as Green House Plus. This is intended for those who have already installed solar panels and wish to supplement their systems with efficient heating solutions. Thus, many households will be able to cut their energy bills. A programme to scrap old double-glazed windows and replace them with new ones will also be launched. Another scheme, available to farmers wishing to modernise their agricultural equipment, refers to the replacement of old tractors.
The already popular car scrapping scheme benefits from a record budget of almost 300 million euros, following the rise in the value of the eco-ticket for electric cars to around 7,500 euros. To register for the scheme, applicants will have to fill in an online form managed by the Environment Fund Administration, make a request for funding and upload all necessary documents, including those proving scrappage of their car. Funding is provided within the allocated budget. According to the authorities, over 1 million cars have been scrapped in Romania in the last 20 years under this popular programme.
