Rombat invests in green energy storage

Alina Oprea
Prime Minister Nicolae-Ionel Ciucă met, at the Victoria Palace, with the representatives of the Rombat company, a manufacturer of car batteries from Bistriţa, controlled by the South African group Metair. During the dialogue, Rombat's management announced its intention to expand and develop the production capacity of batteries based on Lithium-Ion technology. In this regard, the plans include storage media for green energy, both for domestic and industrial use.

Rombat is the only manufacturer of batteries for the automotive industry in Romania, being the only supplier for the profile factories in the country. The company applies the operating principles of the circular economy, annually managing to recycle 24,000 tons of used batteries, 98% of this amount being reintroduced into the production cycle.

"The government supports companies that invest in technologies that contribute to supporting the production of green energy and strengthening energy security. The storage of green energy is essential to give perspective to the development of solutions such as the installation of photovoltaic panels, useful both in the household and in industrial use. Along with the investment of one billion euros recently announced by AE Solar, which will transform Romania into the main producer of photovoltaic panels at the European level, the initiative of the Romanian company Rombat will generate an integrated solution for green energy, produced locally", said Prime Minister Nicolae- Ionel Ciuca.

Over time, the company has produced and distributed car batteries in over 40 countries, located on 4 continents. Rombat Bistriţa also owns Rebat Copşa Mică, a factory specializing in recycling used batteries. Annually, through the Copşa Mică capacity, Rombat recovers 98% of the raw material incorporated in the used batteries collected from the market, the resulting raw material being used again.

 

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