07.04.2022

Romania' s government has decided to gradually close down coal-fired power plants and coal mines until 2032 in a move to decarbonize the country's energy sector, according to the energy ministry. more

03.30.2021

Coal was used to generate 16.5% of Romania’s energy last year, which is unprecedented since the major thermoelectric plants in Oltenia used to account for more than 20% of the country’s energy more

01.17.2019

Romania is currently importing over 1,400 MW, the equivalent of its nuclear power plant output, due to the shutdown of one thermal power unit amid a coal miners' strike. more

09.27.2017

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08.09.2016

Romania gets 30% of its energy from coal but coal companies are, paradoxically, insolvent, Energy Minister Victor Grigorescu told a conference organized by Ziarul Financiar on Tuesday. more

04.19.2016

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07.28.2015

Romanian state-owned railway freight carrier CFR Marfa won the bid to transport coal to one of its biggest clients, energy producer CE Oltenia, so that it will continue to transport approximately 18 more

02.18.2015

The Romanian government will assign state aid of RON143.4 million (EUR32.3 million) this year for the shutdown of noncompetitive coal mines. more

02.06.2015

The start of the EUR1 billion investment in a new coal-based station in Rovinari is still being delayed as the project company is not due to be set up earlier than April. According with initial more

12.04.2014

The European Commission opened infringement proceedings against Romania over the expansion of coal mines in the southwestern county of Gorj, for failing to comply with EU directive 92/2011 on more

07.09.2014

Romanian state-owned freight railway carrier CFR Marfa was designated the winning bidder in an auction held by energy holding CE Hunedoara for coal transport, with a RON44 million (EUR10 million) bid, more

03.17.2014

Complexul Energetic Hunedoara company, set up last summer, plans to invest EUR355 million to revamp Mintia and Paroseni thermo power stations, as well as the four pit coal mines it owns. more

02.21.2014

Romanian state-run energy holding CE Oltenia will invest 2.5 million lei (EUR550 million) in the next 15 years in developing two new coal mines in southwestern county of Gorj, estimated to increase more

01.22.2014

Romanian state-run energy holding CE Oltenia will be stripped of two of its coalmines in Valcea County ahead of a planned listing on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, in a move to render the company more more

01.07.2014

Romania’s electricity consumption fell in 2013 for the second consecutive year, after several major industrial consumers either entered insolvency or scaled back operations. more

11.06.2013

Costs to upgrade the coal mines owned by Romanian state-run power producer Complexul Energetic Hunedoara are estimated at EUR70 million and works should the finished in at most two years, Minister for more

10.31.2013

Romanian state-owned electricity producer Complexul Energetic Hunedoara will invest EUR60 million in developing coal mines in Jiu Valley, in order to become profitable in two years at most, an Economy more

10.14.2013

The coal sent from the US, a country that is now relying on the cheap shale gas, have caused some of the state-of-the-art European gas-fired thermoelectric power plants to lose ground to those running more

10.07.2013

Romania features high in the rankings of energy production in the European Union -- it is number 5 in terms of oil and gas production and boasts major growth prospects given the recent Black Sea more

03.26.2013

Shale gas can revolutionize the global energy market and coal-based electricity has again taken precedence over gas-fired power stations, says Eveline Steinberger-Kern, head of the energy division more

03.27.2012

For the first time in over two years since people started talking about the wind power boom, the windmills made their presence felt in 2011, generating 2% of the total energy produced in Romania, more

01.16.2012

Romanian state-owned mining company CNH on Monday ceased coal deliveries to the Paroseni thermal power producer, saying it can no longer function with the current prices. more

10.22.2011

Chinese IT&C equipment producer Huawei will invest EUR200 million in Romania by 2014, mainly in a design center in Bucharest and a national fiber optic network in partnership with power grid operator more

09.01.2011

The government will take 1.18 million tons of coal and 134,524 tons of fuel oil form the state reserve, to supply 16 thermal power producers during the winter. more

08.30.2011

Thermal power producer Termica SA on Tuesday said it has used green certificates as guarantees for the purchase of some 30,000 tons of coal, with the buyback set for February. more