SWOT Analysis of Romanian Coal Resources in the Context of Ensuring Energy Security

A safe and secure coal industry gives a strong energy industry and economy. Just in this way Romania can become a good and strong strategic partner with powerful energy states from all over the world. Thus, energy security becomes one of the most important pillars of Romanian security. For a secure energy industry, Romania needs strategic energy resources and highly specialized human resources, and Romania has a key role creating stability and security factors for the supply of energy resources that are quantified by coal. The authors consider that the security supply with coal of Romania is a strictly national and European security issue because the lack of coal can cause enormous damage to the European industry and economy, which are almost entirely dependent on coal-energy resources. But EU policy is contrary to this energy resource which is coal, but most EU countries are dependent on this. If coal mining is stopped, the EU may enter into energy insecurity, which is very harmful to the current security environment. The SWOT analysis of the security supply with coal to the National Energy System, comes in the context in which the possibility of a black-out is very likely, and the lack of coal can cause major damage through enormous financial losses, which through the domino effect can spread economic and Romanian insecurity. In this context, the analysis of the security supply with coal becomes an essential issue of European security and makes this paper of real interest.