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Why Timișoara?
Timișoara is the capital of western Romania and one of the country's most internationally connected cities. Positioned at the crossroads of three markets - Romania, Hungary, Serbia - the city serves as the entry point for international companies targeting South-East Europe, and as the launchpad for local projects reaching Central European markets.
This is not an accidental choice. Timișoara has a unique energy heritage in Europe: in 1884, it became the first city on the continent with electric street lighting - 731 lamps across 59 km of streets. In 1899, the electric tramway ran here before many European capitals. A renewable energy trade fair could not have found a more fitting host.
Geostrategic position - at the intersection of three markets
Belgrade is less than 170 km away. Budapest, around 300 km. Vienna, 525 km. In practical terms, companies from three different countries can reach RoEnergy on the same day, with no need for overnight accommodation.
The Serbian border is approximately 70 km away, the Hungarian border around 60 km (via Arad). The E70/A1 road corridor links Timișoara directly to Western Europe. This proximity makes participation from neighbouring markets natural - no special logistical effort required.
The industrial corridor of western Romania
Timișoara is not an isolated point on the map. It is the core of an active industrial corridor: Arad (60 km) -Timișoara - Deva (150 km) - Sibiu (270 km) - Cluj-Napoca (320 km). A significant share of Romania's industrial capacity is concentrated along this axis: automotive manufacturing and components, metalworking, food processing, logistics.
What does this mean for RoEnergy Trade Fair ? These companies are major industrial energy consumers and, at the same time, potential adopters of energy efficiency solutions, C&I photovoltaics and decarbonisation. Exactly the visitor and client profile that exhibitors are looking for.
Access infrastructure
Timișoara International Airport „Traian Vuia" offers direct flights to over 20 European destinations, operated by Wizz Air, Lufthansa and AnimaWings, among others. Key connections include Munich, London, Milan, Barcelona, Dortmund, Istanbul and Dubai, with new routes announced for 2026 (including Athens - a first).
Timișoara is connected to the motorway network via the A1 (Timișoara - Arad - Nădlac - Hungary). Hotel supply is diversified, from business hotels to conference-grade facilities - sufficient for events of RoEnergy's scale.
University and research centre
Timișoara is not just an industrial city. It is also a serious academic centre, with three universities directly relevant to the sectors covered by RoEnergy:
Politehnica University of Timișoara (UPT), founded in 1920, is one of the largest technical universities in Central and Eastern Europe - 10 faculties, approximately 13,000 students. Classified in 2011 as an advanced research university, the only one in western Romania to hold this distinction. The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Energy, active for over a century, trains the specialists the energy sector needs.
The Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "King Mihai I of Romania" (USAMVB) has been a RoEnergy partner since 2010 - from the very first edition. The collaboration with USAMVB brings expertise in biomass, bioenergy, sustainable agriculture and natural resource management to the fair - fields of growing relevance as RoEnergy expands into environmental technologies.
The West University of Timișoara (UVT), with which RoEnergy has collaborated since 2025, complements the academic ecosystem with competences in renewable energy, management, environmental law and public policy - essential domains for an energy sector undergoing intensive regulation.
The presence of these three universities in a single city means access to talent, applied research and academic partnerships - a tangible advantage for exhibitors and visitors.
Business and innovation hub
Timișoara was European Capital of Culture in 2023 - not just a title, but real international visibility. The city is also one of Romania's most important IT centres, hosting operational headquarters of international technology companies.
The combination of skilled human capital, strong purchasing power and innovation-oriented business culture creates an environment where international B2B events are not the exception, but the norm.
A regional energy market on the rise
Western Romania is experiencing accelerated growth in renewable energy projects, particularly photovoltaics - both at industrial and residential scale. High industrial energy consumption, favourable solar irradiation and access to European co-financing make the region one of Romania's most dynamic energy markets.
And the European context amplifies this trend. The European Union is undergoing a strategic pivot: from the Green Deal - centred on climate targets - towards a Green Industrial Deal (or Clean Industrial Deal) that emphasises the green reindustrialisation of Europe. The reason? Competition with China. In 2024, 92% of photovoltaic panels and 82% of wind turbines worldwide came from China. Europe no longer wants to just buy green technology - it wants to produce it. This means massive investment in local manufacturing capacity, European supply chains and support for EU-based producers.
For RoEnergy Trade Fair exhibitors, the message is clear: the European market is reopening. And a trade fair positioned in western Romania, at the gateway to Central Europe, is the natural place where demand meets supply.