Moldova almost entirely depends on imported energy and, thus, cannot fully ensure its energetic security. One of the ways to reduce such dependence is the intensification of woody crops production. Biomass energy produced by fast growing species has a promising potential for some areas and may contribute to access important amount of bioenergy for local population (e.g. fuelwood, timber for households need etc.). Main indicators of an energy plantation imply high caloric properties and biomass production per a hectare during a short period of time. Such crops should be carefully selected based on their compatibility to specific local conditions. In some cases, biomass harvesting can happen just after two years a plantation was established, and a life time of such plantation can be 25-30 years. Moldova has many areas that are either not put into proper economic/agricultural use or abandoned, including lands located in the valleys of rivers and water ponds, which can offer suitable conditions for fast-growing poplar and willow or other species. There is an important portion of land that is degraded (circa 800 thousand ha, of which 120 thousand highly eroded), which can also be targeted by those who want to establish forest vegetation, including based on fast-growing species. Assisted by FLEG project, the state forestry enterprise (SFE) Telenesti launched in 2014 a sustainable bioenergy campaign and created two primary plantations (so-called “mother plantations”) based on ‘poplar’ forest reproductive material provided by the neighboring Romania. A total of 4000 one-year seedlings of fast-growing hybrids/ clones of poplar (cultivar type I-45/51, Sacrau 79, Toropogritzki, I-69/55) were planted in the nursery, and this material was already tested and homologated in Romania where conditions are very similar to those of Moldova (see Table 1). In 2015-2016, two pilot plantations were established outside the nursery - one covering 0,72 ha on state land administered by the SFE Glodeni in Falesti district, and the other one covering 0,48 ha on private land administered by Revic-Grup LTD in Ungheni district. SFE Telenesti organized several workshops by inviting state forest owners, local public authorities, private agents, where it presented preliminary results, shared thoughts and collected opinions. A guidebook and other informative materials were developed and the website operated. Though SFE Telenesti nursery is rather obsolete in terms of machinery and technical provision, it is active in promoting a diversified forestry. It still produces seedlings of circa 30 species of trees and shrubs mainly for state forest entities, but they also cooperate with other stakeholders across the country. It will continue to work on diversifying the sources of income in order to ensure economic and social sustainability of the company as well as maintain managed forest resources at a rational level of use. Short-rotation forestry (SFR) can be regarded as a way to contribute to meet local people’s need in wood and to produce more benefits to local communities as Moldova’s population uses much more wood as primary energy than the forestry sector can supply. In the conditions of high pressure on forests, SFE Telenesti wants to reduce dependence on logging by offering ideas for developing non-timber forest activities or other forms of economic but nature-friendly incentives, such as energy projects or diversified nursery production. Another advantage of the SFR business is the creation of jobs (and income for families) and increased opportunities for advanced energy projects, such as locally handled heating schemes or small-scale thermal incentives (e.g. for public infrastructures, houses etc.). Moldova has already set several ‘energetic’ objectives, such as 10% increase in biofuels use and up to 20% of renewable energy from the total share of energy by 2020. Energy plantations can also contribute to reduce from greenhouse gas (GHG) effect and, thus, to climate change impacts.