The Profile of the Producer of the Energy from Renewable Resources in the North- West Region, Romania.

The aim of this study regarding the usage of renewable resources in the North West region, Romania, starts from the premise that the production of energy from renewable resources is at the beginning, the usage of these sources not being enough promoted or known. In this direction, in this paper there was achieved a profile of the producer of energy from renewable resources, in North West region, Romania. The research was made using a questionnaire applied to all the producers of energy from renewable resources (11 registered producers), from the following counties: CIuj, Bihor, Salaj, Satu-Mare, Bistrita-Nasaud, Maramures. The results highlighted that most producers registered in the North West region use as unconventional source the wind source, followed by hydro energy. Only few producers use as renewable source the solar and biomass ones. A detailed analyze of the questionnaire pointed out the fact that: the presence of the producers on the market is less than five years, their activity is highly influenced by the production costs, the number of the producers is relatively low, due to the lack of government stimulants in the usage of projects that have as a goal the usage of these types of resources. The results of the questionnaire underlined the interest in the domain of environment protection this being one of the major aims in the renewable energy production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]