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

07.13.2011

The European Commission approved Romania’s legislation supporting investment in renewable energy through green certificate incentives, norms launched in 2008, saying it complies with EU state aid more

07.12.2011

Romania and Turkey are the countries pointed out by all investors when it comes to green energy investments, says Riccardo Puliti, managing director in charge the energy and natural resources sectors more

07.12.2011

Romanian Economy Ministry has increased by EUR100 million the budget for renewable energy projects co-financed from European funds, the ministry said in a statement Tuesday. more

07.11.2011

Investors in wind and solar energy are drawn into the race of green energy, the hottest sector of the moment by something that acts as a magnet: the aid that the Romanian state provides through the more

07.04.2011

Bucharest subway operator Metrorex has called off its auction to buy electricity, because of the lack of bidders for the 52 million lei (EUR12.31 million) contract, and will launch a new procurement more

07.01.2011

Certinvest, owned by businessman Eugen Voicu, will launch a private closed-end investment fund, Certinvest Green, through which it will fund two alternative energy projects, aiming to draw EUR1.5 more