04.02.2013

Romania’s government will temporarily reduce the number of green certificates granted to renewable energy producers to rein in electricity price increases, according to a draft Government emergency more

04.02.2013

Romania's energy system must be reorganized as a result of the market liberalization and the splitup of companies on types of resources, minister in charge Constantin Nita said Tuesday. more

03.31.2013

The current system supporting renewable energy producers in Romania does not take into account the impact on the main energy consumers and might affect the latter’s operational sustainability, more

03.27.2013

Romania’s southwestern region of Oltenia could derive its energy from solar projects alone, the head of power supplier CEZ Distributie said Wednesday. more

03.27.2013

Renewable energy producers, which receive aid from the state, should be obliged to cede a part of it for electricity network upgrades, an official of Romanian state-run power grid operator more

03.27.2013

“Prispa”, the house that can produce more energy than it consumes, owned by a family in Bacau county (NE Romania), has obtained the permit to join the energy grid, issued by Germany’s E.ON, the more

03.26.2013

EPC Egnatia Romania, supplier of turnkey services for electricity production in photovoltaic projects, Tuesday said it has completed and connected to the network three projects with a total installed 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

03.21.2013

The European Commission Thursday said it has referred Romania to the EU’s Court of Justice for failing to fully transpose community energy market rules into national law, with a proposed penalty fee more

03.20.2013

Romania’s Competition Council and the European Commission (EC) will complete separate inquiries into state-owned hydropower producer Hidroelectrica’s bilateral energy deals in the second half of more

03.15.2013

Romania could save between EUR4.8 billion and EUR7.4 billion by improving energy efficiency until 2020. more

03.14.2013

Twenty-seven wind farms will be constructed in Vaslui county, eastern Romania, by the end of 2015, following investments worth some EUR100 million, local authorities said in a report. more

03.13.2013

Italian group Enel, which has become the largest private energy distributor in Romania following privatizations, reached investments of over EUR650 million in wind farms on the Romanian market, with more

03.12.2013

Enel Green Power, a unit of Italy’s utility Enel, has invested EUR251 million in its Romanian wind energy network in 2012, the company said in its financial report Tuesday. more

03.12.2013

After three years and over EUR3 billion investments in 2,000 MW of wind energy, Romania is polluting more than it did before the 800 turbines were put in place. more

03.11.2013

Romania should focus its energy strategy on smaller, yet more flexible projects that require lower investments, instead of large energy projects, such as reactors 3 and 4 of the Cernavoda nuclear more

03.06.2013

The reduction of state aid granted to renewable energy producers is detrimental to the sector and will cause many companies to leave the market, according to the Romanian Photovoltaic Industry more

03.05.2013

The economy could benefit from the renewable energy boom if investors were rewarded based on the amount of components they buy from the local market for their projects, says George Catalin Costache, more

03.04.2013

Romanian aluminum smelter Alro Slatina’s (ALR.RO) presence on the local market depends, in the short run, on the reduction of state aid granted to renewable energy producers, Gheorghe Dobra, the more

02.28.2013

Romania will change the renewable power regulations regarding the number of certificates granted for green energy, the country’s energy minister said Thursday. more

02.28.2013

Romanian government will reorganize the state-owned energy companies planning to set up two or three powerful companies able to compete at regional level, minister-delegate for energy Constantin Nita more

02.27.2013

A law significantly cutting the green energy support scheme could take effect as of July 1. At stake are investments of hundreds of millions of euros. more

02.27.2013

Romanian Labor Ministry Wednesday sent to public debate an emergency ordinance draft based on which the additional aid for electric power and natural gas will be granted according to the income of the more

02.27.2013

Investors’ preference for renewable energy projects may suggest an imbalance between government support schemes in Romania, an official of the Economy Ministry said Wednesday. more

02.27.2013

A well balanced mix of energy resources coul bring a decrease in electricity prices on the long term, according to energy specialists who attended ZF Power Summit '13 on Wednesday. more