01.18.2012

US industrial giant General Electric says Romania is easily among the top five most attractive European countries for green energy investors, with the main driver continuing to be wind farms, a more

12.27.2011

Romania’s green certificate market is expected to triple in value next year, to EUR300 million, following a strong increase in renewable energy production, according to data from local energy more

12.20.2011

November kick-started a genuine revolution in green energy, as this is the first month when the support scheme for green energy became fully operational after a three-year wait for investors in the more

12.16.2011

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will invest EUR6.8 million in the Green Group recycling park in Romania, the first such park in the country, the bank said in a statement Friday. more

11.23.2011

October turned out to be a good month for wind power, as strong winds drove output up to more than double the level of July, for instance. more

11.14.2011

Romanian state-owned electricity producer Electrica expects to obtain up to EUR210 million between 2012 and 2017 from green certificate sales. more

11.14.2011

A series of investors in renewable energy decided to give up EU funding to finance their projects, and chose the green certificate support scheme, which gives them higher profit and frees up EU funds more

11.02.2011

The sale of greenhouse gas certificates, suspended in August because of inventory deficiencies, may be resumed in 2012, and the Finance Ministry will handle the sales, according to a draft government more

10.27.2011

Romania’s Green House program, which offers subsidies for alternative energy systems, will extend to city halls and kindergartens starting November 15, Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely said more

10.21.2011

Enel Green Power, the renewable energy division of Italian utility Enel, obtained financing of EUR112 million from the Danish government's Export Credit Agency (EKF) to invest in wind farm projects in more

10.21.2011

The support scheme granting over EUR10 billion in aid to green energy investors will enter force next week (October 24 through October 30), a moment awaited by investors in the sector for three years. more

10.17.2011

The amount of power generated by wind farms in the first nine months of the year was over ten times higher than in the corresponding period of 2010, and owners of windmills made more than EUR42 more

08.30.2011

Thermal power producer Termica SA on Tuesday said it has used green certificates as guarantees for the purchase of some 30,000 tons of coal, with the buyback set for February. more

08.29.2011

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Monday appointed Gabriel Abos head of the National Environment Protection Agency (ANPM), replacing Iosif Nagy, who resigned after Romania was barred from trading more

08.28.2011

The Kyoto Protocol committee has decided to suspend Romania from trading green certificates, after it noted breaches in the national inventory of carbon emissions, and the decision will apply until more

08.27.2011

Romanian Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely said Friday he will dismiss the head of the National Agency for Environment Protection (ANPM), Iosif Nagy, most likely on Monday, as Romania risks to be more

08.25.2011

Romania stands to lose hundreds of millions of euro following a pending suspension from trading green certificates, since breaches were noted in the national inventory of carbon emissions, people more

08.22.2011

Wind farm developer Enel Green Power Romania, part of Italian utilities group Enel, has increased its share capital by 620 million lei (EUR145.5 million), to RON890 million, through cash contribution, more

07.15.2011

The amount of wind energy produced in the first six months of this year was double the amount of 2010 as a whole. Producers of green energy therefore gained more in the first six months of 2011 than more

07.06.2011

Romanian state-owned thermal power producer Rovinari bought Monday CO2 emission certificates on the commodities exchange for EUR1.1 million, from international trader Vitol. more

06.28.2011

The Economy Ministry wants to simplify legislation on the sale of greenhouse gas certificates, or AAUs, through which it plans to collect EUR1.2 billion, some two times less than initially more

06.24.2011

More than 1.7 million trees planted on public land in Bucharest were recorded through the Green Register project, but the capital needs around 450 more hectares of green space, to meet the European more

06.23.2011

Bucharest has 1.7 million trees in its public spaces and 400,000 trees on private properties according to the first census on green areas conducted in Bucharest, as well as nationwide. Any resident more

06.07.2011

Romania sent an official note to the European Commission regarding its improved scheme to support renewable energy producers, after the country’s antitrust watchdog has sanctioned the project. more

05.18.2011

Romania's "Green House" program will be reopened to individuals on June 1, Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely announced Wednesday. more