09.15.2011

Ecological lighting company Optogan on Thursday said it has concluded a partnership with Romanian KDF Energy and it is considering building an assembly unit in Romania, with an investment of EUR15-20 more

09.15.2011

Romania’s energy strategy for 2011-2035 will be amended and put up for public debate by the end of October this year, Thursday said Alexandru Sandulescu, director within the Economy Ministry. more

09.15.2011

Shale gas, maybe the most fashionable fuel of the moment, has been on the agenda of the talks between Romanian and U.S. officials during the recent visit of the Romanian authorities to Washington. more

09.14.2011

From the project stage to getting the first money by selling green energy, it takes nearly 3 years during which investors in wind farms have to get 85 permits and meet around 13 civil servants in the more

09.13.2011

Energy complex Oltenia, planned by Romanian authorities as a state-owned energy production cluster, will be listed on the bourse within two years from creation, according to agreements between the more

09.08.2011

The Romanian Government has given up the idea of creating two state-owned energy giants, Electra and Hidroenergetica, and it will create two smaller companies, Thursday said Constantin Jujan, head of more

09.07.2011

Romanian electricity consumers could pay up to 10% more next year, as more wind farms are supported through the green certificate scheme, Wednesday said Zoltan Nagy, director general of the more

09.07.2011

Romania’s government is bound to approve an ordinance amending the renewable energy law in September, with the new regulations likely to come into force by the end of the month, the energy regulator more

09.05.2011

Romanian energy regulator ANRE may keep applying current pricing regulations for electricity and gas beyond 2015, for certain categories of clients, despite deregulation agreements concluded between more

08.30.2011

Energy Holding, the best-known electricity trading business set up in the early '00s by Bogdan Buzaianu, lost the leading position in the ranking of private electricity traders to Tinmar Ind, a more

08.23.2011

The ten largest wind energy projects now operating in Romania have a total installed capacity of over 700 MW, matching that of a nuclear reactor at the Cernavoda power station. Investments in these more

08.18.2011

Bucharest subway company Metrorex rescheduled a public auction to buy electricity for the end of August, following two unsuccessful tenders organized earlier this year. more

08.12.2011

Developers will have to carry out a study on alternative heating systems, before being issued construction authorization, as of next year, and the energy efficiency certificate will be required when more

08.09.2011

Galati county has become the star of the year in terms of the number of wind energy projects that have won network connection contracts. Vaslui, Botosani and Suceava also caught the interest of wind more

08.08.2011

Romania’s power output rose 5.3% on the year in the first half, while the country’s total energy resources increased 6.1%, the National Statistics Institute said Monday. more

08.04.2011

Romanian consumers are likely to pay by up to 3% or 4% more for electricity once the updated scheme to support renewable energy producers comes into force, CEZ Romania said Thursday. more

08.04.2011

GE Energy, the energy unit of U.S. giant General Electric, starts a new phase of its presence on the Romanian market by launching a wind farm project in Vaslui, together with a German partner company. more

08.03.2011

Wind Energy Management will invest EUR90 million in a 54W windfarm in Romanian northeastern county of Suceava, company shareholder Virgil Ernest Popovici said Wednesday. more

08.01.2011

Romanian state-run subway company Metrorex will start negotiations to buy energy for the September 1-November 30 interval, and the contract to be awarded is estimated at about 14.01 million lei more

08.01.2011

Romanian utility companies Monday requested a new increase in natural gas tariffs for industrial consumers, just one month after the regulatory authority approved a 10% hike in prices. more

07.28.2011

Romanian consumers are bound to pay 1.3 billion lei (EUR306 million) this year to support the country’s renewable energy scheme, according to estimations of the energy watchdog ANRE. more

07.27.2011

Romania’s Government on Wednesday decided the start of procedures to lay off 1,300 employees of several state-owned energy companies this year. more

07.22.2011

Romanian Economy Ministry estimates will pay 5.69 billion lei (EUR1.35 billion) to ensure the necessary fuel stock for the 2011/2012 winter, 34% higher on the year, according to a draft government more

07.22.2011

Romanian National Union Bloc (BNS) leader Dumitru Costin said Friday talks between unionists and the International Monetary Fund delegation focused on problems concerning the energy market, the more

07.14.2011

Italy’s utility Enel has the option to double its stake in Romanian joint venture EnergoNuclear, which was set up to build two additional reactors at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant, the head of more