10 July 2026 Romania's planned Dama solar park, with more than 1 GW of installed capacity, illustrates the growing scale of renewable energy investment in Central and Eastern Europe, according to comments published by S&P Global Commodity Insights. Jaroslava Korpanec, Partner and Head of Central and Eastern Europe at infrastructure investor Actis, said the project reflects the transformation of a region historically dependent on coal and Russian natural gas but now rapidly expanding renewable energy generation. Korpanec cited Romania's supportive regulatory framework, expanding pipeline of renewable projects, access to financing, abundant land availability, and relatively short permitting procedures as the main factors driving the country's growth. The Dama project is being developed by Re