01.30.2013

Romanian state-run energy holding Oltenia plans to increase its share capital by up to 27.3%, with 12% of the newly issued shares to be listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, according to a draft more

01.25.2013

Enel, E.ON, CEZ and Electrica will pay a lower amount according to the final version of the tax on monopoly they have on Romanian energy distribution networks than ZF calculated based on the initial more

01.24.2013

Investors in green power, an industry that witnessed a boom over the last three years, are getting increasingly worried because of the rumors about the modification of the support scheme for the more

01.23.2013

Romanian Minister-delegate for Energy Constantin Nita said Wednesday he will have the minister’s control body check all contracts concluded by state-owned energy companies in a move to cut costs. more

01.22.2013

Romania’s planned tax on natural monopolies will reduce the financing capacity of companies and hinder new investments, GDF Suez Energy Romania said Tuesday. more

01.21.2013

Natural gas and energy transport companies in Romania will pay a “monopoly” tax applicable in the February 2013-December 2014 interval, according to a draft Government emergency ordinance. more

01.17.2013

Bogdan Enoiu, who runs communication group BV McCann Ericskson Romania, is close to finalizing a EUR4 million investment in a solar park located close to Ploiesti, southern Romania. more

01.16.2013

Germany’s Conergy Wednesday said it will enter the Romanian market by opening a photovoltaic park of 2.2 MW near the southern city of Craiova, in partnership with Solanna Investment. more

01.11.2013

Romania’s power consumption dropped in 2012 compared with 2011, despite 2012 being a year of extreme weather conditions that should have translated into more power used. more

01.09.2013

The last three months of 2012 were very intense for the bilateral contracts platform of energy exchange OPCOM, with 190 out of the year’s 254 transactions sealed in the period. more

01.08.2013

Romania’s energy output fell 2.3% on the year to 20.9 million tons of oil equivalent in the first eleven months of 2012, on declining production in the hydropower and nuclear sectors, official data more

01.06.2013

Constanta, Tulcea, Galati, Caras-Severin and Braila are Romania’s top counties when it comes to installed capacity of green power projects. The five counties have attracted more than EUR2.5 billion more

12.31.2012

Hidroelectrica's insolvency was the most important item on the list of state-run energy sector "achievements" in 2012, while the major energy projects are yet to materialize as no one was interested more

12.28.2012

Romania’s energy regulator ANRE has increased tariffs charged by the country’s energy exchange OPCOM and by power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO), for power transport and system services. more

12.24.2012

The Romanian education system is not sufficiently developed in terms of renewable energy to produce young graduates able to meet market requirements, believes Sebastian Enache, business development more

12.21.2012

GDF Suez Energy Romania bought firm Alizeu Eolian aiming to develop a wind farm with a capacity of 50 megawatts in Galati county (in the eastern part of the country) next year, the company said more

12.20.2012

Romania’s new government program mostly targets projects unaccomplished by the former executives over the last 10 years, and aims to reinstate an authority with tasks in the sector of energy more

12.20.2012

Romania’s electricity prices will increase by 10% starting January 1, 2013 due to higher costs for power producers and increased state aid granted to renewable energy producers. more

12.07.2012

Romanian energy output fell 2.1% on the year to 19 million tons of oil equivalent in the first ten months, on declining production in the hydropower and nuclear sectors, official data showed Friday. more

12.07.2012

A number of 21 large wind farms were either operating or undergoing testing in Romania at the beginning of December, following investments of over EUR2.5 billion, according to the latest data released more

11.30.2012

Gabriel Comanescu, the owner of the Upetrom group, bets on production of green energy equipment at Upetrom 1 Mai and tries to consolidate the position of Grup Servicii Petroliere, the leading company more

11.26.2012

The three Cluj-based entrepreneurs who have since 1990 turned EnergoBit into a EUR160-million business specializing in delivering complete energy solutions have sold the majority stake to Poland’s more

11.21.2012

Romanian power holding Oltenia expects over 2 billion lei (EUR440 million) in revenue this year. more

11.20.2012

RCS&RDS, one of the largest local telecom groups, has bought 90% in two companies developing solar power projects in Braila County. The two projects are worth about EUR20 million and are the more

11.20.2012

The year 2012 will be the best of the last 22 years in terms of new investments in electricity generation facilities, with projects of about 2,200 MW, three times the capacity of a nuclear reactor of more