06.19.2014

Biomass or biogas-fired power plants, which use vegetal or animal waste to generate electricity might turn from Cinderella into the queen of the renewable energy ball, people in the industry say. more

06.12.2014

Romanian energy output fell 3.6% on the year to 7.17 million tons of oil equivalent in the first four months of 2014, hurt by declining production in the coal and oil sectors, official data showed more

06.03.2014

Transeastern Power Trust, a Canadian investment vehicle recently listed on the Toronto stock exchange, completed the acquisition of 11 small hydropower stations with installed capacity of 5.1 MW in more

05.21.2014

Budget Minister Liviu Voinea says Romania’s accession to the euro zone, which the government scheduled for January 1, 2019, will give the country a seat at Europe’s major powers’ table, where more

05.20.2014

Photovoltaic solar power investors are shifting towards other sectors, following the Romanian government’s decision to cut renewable energy aid starting January 2014, and most of those left in the more

05.13.2014

OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), Romania’s largest corporation, expects its power business to generate a loss in 2014, while the demand for natural gas will further decrease, the company said in its more

05.12.2014

Romanian energy output fell 1.9% on the year to 5.45 million tons of oil equivalent in the first quarter, hurt by declining production in the coal-mining sector, official data showed Monday. more

05.06.2014

The first phase of the low and intermediate-level radioactive waste storage facility of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant should be done by 2020, and the total investment in the project amounts to more

04.23.2014

Roof photovoltaic systems, particularly on the housing segment, will be a new source of growth for the renewable energy sector, but its future depends on the support scheme aimed at small green power more

04.23.2014

The major electricity consumers could save about EUR40 million in 2014 if the government adopts a decision to cut the green power subsidies paid by energy intensive industrial companies. more

04.09.2014

Romanian energy output inched down 0.1% on the year to 3.6 million tons of oil equivalent in the first two months, held back by declining production in the wind sector, official data showed Wednesday. more

04.08.2014

Germany’s utility E.ON gave up plans to co-finance the construction of an 800-megawatt thermal power plant in eastern Romania because of adverse market conditions, the head of E.ON Romania said more

03.17.2014

Romanian insolvent hydropower generator Hidroelectrica plans to auction 22 micro power plants in the upcoming period, the company’s legal administrator Euro Insol said Monday. more

03.11.2014

Romania’s power consumption could increase by 1% to 1.5% on the year in 2014, according to estimates of CEZ Romania utility. more

03.11.2014

Romanian energy output fell 6.1% on the year to 1.85 million tons of oil equivalent in January, largely due to a 27.2% decline in net coal production, the statistics institute INS said Tuesday. more

02.27.2014

Romania’s largest industrial companies say there is no use for the country to have natural gas resources if they cannot be used for competitive production. more

02.27.2014

A Bucharest resident spends almost 70% of monthly income on food, utilities, rent and transportation. At the opposite end, less than 2% of the monthly budget of around 2,200 lei (about EUR500) is more

02.26.2014

Major investors in the energy sector, utility and oil companies are expecting signals from the government about its strategy so as to be able to decide where to channel their future investments. more

02.24.2014

The year 2014 could mean the return to contracts abroad for Romelectro Bucuresti, one of Romania’s leading general contractors for the energy industry, after having spent a decade focusing on power more

02.04.2014

The number of companies in the renewable energy generation sector increased 18 times in 2009-2013 to 559 companies operating wind farms, solar parks or hydropower plants, which receive subsidies from more

01.22.2014

Power producers suffered because of low prices last year, while distributors had a good 2013, so vertically integrated energy companies stood to gain in the end, according to Luca D’Agnese, chief more

01.21.2014

HiSun PV Technology, a subsidiary of China Evergreen Industry Group, has expressed interest in building a thermal power plant in Halanga (in Romania’s southern county of Mehedinti), in association more

01.21.2014

Three senators of the Social Democratic Party filed a proposition to amend the Renewable Energy Law, cutting the maximum value of green certificates from EUR55 to EUR30, Ionel David, CEO of the more

01.19.2014

Romania’s electric power output capacity will grow by approximately 19% by 2020, after 5,000-megawatt units will become operational, while other units will be closed down. more

01.15.2014

The price of electricity at the end-user rose by over 36% between 2007 and 2013, mostly due to the green power subventions paid by end-users and the increase of distribution costs, according to the more