04.27.2012

Romanian small and medium-sized enterprises, energy services firms, as well as associations of owners will be able in the next three years to access funds of EUR60 million ensured by the EU and the more

04.23.2012

Schneider Electric Romania, subsidiary of French Schneider Electric, on Monday said it is ready to deliver charging stations for electric vehicles and expects Renault Romania to launch its electric more

04.20.2012

South-eastern Romania is full to the brim with wind power projects, some of them already functional and some in various stages of approval, with wind farm investors now targeting Moldavia, as shows a more

04.20.2012

Although at least in theory all electricity consumers have been able to change their supplier since 2007, with the exception of large companies, few have given up the comfort of regulated prices to more

04.18.2012

The announcements of state-run companies’ purchasing intentions on the website of the electronic public procurement system (SEAP) reveal the more or less justified expenses they are willing to make. more

04.10.2012

The energy market in Romania will include two new companies this fall, Complexul Energetic Oltenia and Complexul Energetic Hunedoara. The two are what is left of the reorganization plans that the more

04.09.2012

GDF SUEZ Energy Romania, a subsidiary of French utility GDF SUEZ, Monday announced the appointment of its chairman, Eric Stab, as chief executive officer. more

04.05.2012

Romania will continue its nuclear energy strategy, but there might be some important changes in the near future, and the government needs to consider issuing state guarantees for the funding of more

04.05.2012

As Romania could cover its gas consumption needs from its own resources over the next few years, the royalties collected by the state could in turn rise, especially against the backdrop of the future more

04.04.2012

The European Commission is looking into the possibility of state aid granted to the energy “wise guys” through the bilateral contracts signed with hydropower producer Hidroelectrica, and the local more

04.02.2012

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or EBRD, will issue funding worth EUR30 million to Romanian lender BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO), for on-lending to small and medium sized more

03.30.2012

Romania's Land Improvement Agency (ANIF) wants to become an energy supplier for the agriculture sector, with regulated prices, agriculture minister Stelian Fuia said Friday, adding that farmers more

03.30.2012

Solar energy appears to be the new star of the renewable energy market after two years in which investments in wind farms have been in the spotlight, attracting over EUR1.5 billion. 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

03.20.2012

ArcelorMittal Galati, a unit of the world’s largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal, has cancelled an order to purchase 3.15 million megawatt hour of electricity on the Romanian power exchange OPCOM due to more

03.20.2012

The gradual removal of electricity price regulation will only involve one stage for this year, as the market is 15% deregulated for industrial consumers in September, according to Economy Minister more

03.20.2012

The bill on electricity and the organization and operation of the energy market watchdog, ANRE, approved by the government at the end of last week and sent to the Parliament, includes some new things more

03.19.2012

The Romanian government has reserved the right to limit and even block an “excessive” growth of electricity prices, for an extendable interval of up to six months, through setting a price ceiling more

03.16.2012

Romania’s energy regulator ANRE is not planning to increase electricity and gas prices in the near future, but it cannot be known whether these prices will double by the end of the deregulation more

03.16.2012

Romanian energy suppliers will be slapped with higher fines if they engage in practices that harm customer relations, Economy Minister Lucian Bode said Friday. more

03.16.2012

The Romanian Government approved the new energy bill in an extraordinary meeting Friday, in the absence of Deputy Prime Minister Marko Bela and Environment Minister Kelemen Hunor. more

03.14.2012

ArcelorMittal Galati, a unit of the world’s largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal, plans to buy 3.15 million megawatt hour of electricity on the Romanian power exchange OPCOM to sustain operations over more

03.14.2012

Norway’s Renewable Energy Corporation (REC), one of the world’s largest makers of equipment for solar farms, whose revenue stood at about EUR1.8 billion in 2011, is interested in the Romanian more

03.12.2012

State-owned power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) on Monday announced it will no longer buy electricity at regulated prices when covering network losses, and it will turn to the OPCOM energy more

03.08.2012

This year started in full gear for renewable energy producers, as they got almost EUR27 million in their accounts in January from the green certificates received for generating power using wind, more