According to its data, the share of electricity from renewable sources increased from almost zero to 30%. Since March 2026, the country has started to export green electricity on a regular basis and has actually become its supplier to foreign markets.
Production volumes have also shown a sharp increase, from 60 million kWh in 2018 to more than 1 billion kWh in 2025. At the end of the first quarter of 2026, the annualized figure reached 1.2 billion kWh, an increase of 15 times in five years.
At the same time, about 5% of electricity consumption is provided by households with installed solar panels.
For the first time in the country’s history, renewable energy production exceeded the generation of combined heat and power plants. Solar power is the main source of renewable energy (62%), followed by wind power (32%), hydropower (5%) and biogas (1%).
At the same time, the rapid growth of generation has created a new problem: during daytime hours, production often exceeds domestic demand, and the lack of storage capacity forces the export of surplus, sometimes at low prices.
While renewable energy facilities had a capacity of 41 MW in 2015, by the beginning of 2026 they will exceed 1,000 MW, a 25-fold increase.
According to Ionitsa, the focus is now shifting to the development of energy storage systems. It is estimated that their capacity could grow from 15-16 MWh in 2025 to 230 MWh in 2026 and to 2,000 MWh by 2030.
Private investment in the sector has already reached about 900 million euros. The expert noted that banks are starting to consider the availability of storage systems when financing and authorizing new solar projects.
He also recalled that Moldova started operating an electricity exchange – for the first time 35 years after independence.
