02.27.2013

Romania has a large energy potential and it could become a regional point of attraction for oil and natural gas investment, said Vasile Iuga, country manager partner with PwC Romania. more

02.27.2013

Romania must support the renewable energy industry, which creates new jobs and increases investments on other segments, utility company E.ON Romania chief executive Frank Hajdinjak said Wednesday. more

02.27.2013

Romania’s Government will lay off employees in 15 state-run companies in the energy sector, based on reorganization programs to be applied between 2013 and 2018, according to a draft emergency more

02.27.2013

Romania needs very large investments in the energy sector, which still has huge potential, said Mariana Gheorghe, chief executive officer of OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), the country’s largest oil and gas more

02.20.2013

Romania plans to reduce the number of green certificates granted to solar energy producers starting with 2014, an official of the country’s energy regulator ANRE said Wednesday. more

02.13.2013

Romania was one of the least dependent countries on energy imports in the European Union in 2011, with a dependency rate of 21%, official data showed Wednesday. more

02.11.2013

RCS&RDS, one of the largest local telecoms, bought another company in the electricity generation business after acquiring two companies developing solar PV projects in Braila county for EUR20 million more

02.08.2013

A Chinese investor is making a bet of around EUR100 million to build the largest solar park in Romania, while other Chinese companies want to invest in wind turbine manufacturing. more

02.08.2013

The Romanian state, through Electrica, is seeking justice in Paris in matters concerning European energy giants’ non-compliance with clauses in the privatization contracts. more

02.06.2013

Romania’s wind energy sector has one of the fastest growth rates in the European Union and the country is poised to become one of the leading users of wind power in the old continent, a report from more

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