01.08.2014

Wood processor Egger finished works for the largest biomass station in Romania, an 83-megawatt project worth EUR35 million, set to generate heat and power for the company based in Radauti (Suceava more

01.08.2014

Romania’s energy market regulator ANRE approved, in the last days of 2013, 110 green energy projects, threefold higher than last year’s monthly average, as it was the last chance for investors to more

01.07.2014

China-based company Unisun built three photovoltaic power plants in the Romanian counties of Brasov and Cluj, with a total installed capacity of 19.59 MW, expected to generate up to EUR8 million from more

01.07.2014

Romanian engineering group EnergoBit will decide next week whether it drops investments in the construction of photovoltaic parks, after it halted its projects at the end of 2013 due to the latest more

01.06.2014

The Romanian state and oil and gas producer OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) are bracing for tough negotiations in 2014 over the royalties charged for Petrom’s oil and gas, Petrom and Exxon will drill their more

12.27.2013

Energy, wood processing industry and food retail are the economy sectors that got the highest capital inflows from foreign shareholders this year. The impact of the Auchan-Real deal and the green more

12.20.2013

The decision of Romania’s energy watchdog ANRE to provide only hydropower and nuclear power to households, starting 2014, will cause loss of EUR30 million to hydropower generator Hidroelectrica, more

12.16.2013

The Romanian Government has decided that wind power producers will receive only 1.5 green certificates for each megawatt of energy delivered to consumers, while solar power producers will receive more

12.11.2013

The costs of electricity used for irrigations will go down by up to 30% in 2014, because the National Land Reclamation Agency (ANIF) will be able to act as power supplier starting next year, an more

12.10.2013

Renewable energy investment in Romania is bound to slow down in the next period, an official of the country’s energy watchdog ANRE said Tuesday. more

12.04.2013

Australian company ADX Energy might invest up to EUR50 million in hydrocarbon exploration in Romania and will participate in the auctions the country’s National Mineral Resources Agency (ANRM) will more

12.03.2013

Renewable energy sector has been one of the biggest challenges of 2013 for the business law firms as the scheme rewarding investments via green certificates was amended for the worse and investors had more

12.02.2013

The EUR25 million investments in biogas-fired power plants are nothing compared to the EUR4 billion attracted by wind and photovoltaic solar farms so far. However, the investments announced recently more

11.28.2013

Romania will reach in January 2014 its target quota for renewable energy consumption, six years earlier than the 2020 term agreed with the European Union, the country’s energy watchdog ANRE said more

11.25.2013

Romania signed several agreements with China Monday, settling the resumption of cattle and pig exports to the Asian country and ensuring cooperation in several energy projects. more

11.21.2013

Newly-elected Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang will come to Bucharest next week to attend an economic forum, and Romanian energy projects worth EUR5 billion are ready for signing. The Prime Minister more

11.19.2013

Romania’s Department for Energy has received 20 bids from consulting firms interested in drafting the country’s new national energy strategy, Minister-delegate for Energy Constantin Nita said more

11.18.2013

Romania’s government should lower its support for renewable energy or it will hinder the local energy industry’s competitiveness on a European and global level, the Association of Large Industrial more

11.14.2013

Corporate energy consumers say their energy bills have fallen by around 5% to 10% since the beginning of the year, while the price of energy traded through bilateral contracts on energy exchange OPCOM more

11.12.2013

Romania is one of Europe’s richest countries in terms of energy resources, ranking fifth among oil and natural gas producers and sixth by coal production. more

11.07.2013

The announcement of a tender for the new energy strategy has been launched and is the first step towards devising the document outlining the development of a very important sector of Romania’s more

11.05.2013

Eric Stab, chairman and chief executive officer of GDF SUEZ Energy Romania, the largest local gas distribution company, says the country’s gross domestic product should increase by at least 3% for more

11.05.2013

Transmission system operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) will invest 160 million lei (EUR36 million) to double Romania's interconnection infrastructure to Serbia by building a new high voltage power line more

10.31.2013

Replacing the conventional lighting system with lighting devices that use LED (light-emitting diode) technology, could bring savings of around EUR1 billion for Romania’s local budgets over the next more

10.30.2013

Romania made nearly EUR100 million from selling some 21.5 million green certificates since January, Environment Minister Rovana Plumb said Wednesday. more