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

01.15.2014

Complexul Energetic Oltenia (Oltenia Energy Complex), the largest thermal power producer in Romania, expects 5 billion lei (EUR1.1 billion) revenue this year, 4% higher than in 2013, but the gross more

01.10.2014

Romanian energy output fell 6.4% on the year to 19.57 million tons of oil equivalent in the first 11 months of 2013, on the back of a two-digit decline in the thermal sector, official data showed more

01.09.2014

Romanian Minister Delegate for Energy Constantin Nita told Mediafax Thursday that the feasibility study for the construction of a EUR150 million thermal power plant by Romanian power producer ELCEN more

01.09.2014

Romania's coal-fueled energy production would remain sustainable for many years and companies investing in CO2 emission cut might get certain incentives from the state, Minister Delegate for Energy more

01.08.2014

Romania’s energy market regulator ANRE approved, in the last days of 2013, 110 green energy projects, threefold higher than last year’s monthly average, as it was the last chance for investors to more

01.07.2014

China-based company Unisun built three photovoltaic power plants in the Romanian counties of Brasov and Cluj, with a total installed capacity of 19.59 MW, expected to generate up to EUR8 million from more

01.07.2014

Romanian engineering group EnergoBit will decide next week whether it drops investments in the construction of photovoltaic parks, after it halted its projects at the end of 2013 due to the latest more

01.07.2014

Romania’s electricity consumption fell in 2013 for the second consecutive year, after several major industrial consumers either entered insolvency or scaled back operations. more

01.06.2014

The two largest photovoltaic parks in Romania were started into service at the end of 2013, according to the latest data released by power grid operator Transelectrica. more

12.31.2013

Lukoil Energy&Gas Romania, part of Russian oil group Lukoil, will enter the Romanian solar power production market after receiving construction clearance from the local energy regulator ANRE. more

12.31.2013

Tinmar Ind, the largest private electricity trader in Romania, owned by businessman Augustin Oancea, says it has budgeted growth of 25% of its revenue to 2.13 billion lei (EUR478 million) in 2014. more

12.19.2013

Romania inaugurated Thursday Centrala Hidroelectrica Racovita (CHE Racovita), a EUR162.7 million hydropower plant in Sibiu county, central Romania, whose construction started before 1989. more

12.18.2013

The modification of the clean energy support scheme as of January 1, 2014 will only affect those power generation facilities starting operation on or after that date, Romania’s energy market more

12.15.2013

The only power station in Romania fueled by geothermal water has proved an unprofitable investment, with power prices on the decline and with no way of receiving the subsidies matching those granted more

12.06.2013

Romanian energy output fell 6.4% on the year to 17.77 million tons of oil equivalent in the first 10 months of 2013, on the back of a two-digit decline in the thermal sector, official data showed more

12.03.2013

Renewable energy sector has been one of the biggest challenges of 2013 for the business law firms as the scheme rewarding investments via green certificates was amended for the worse and investors had more

12.02.2013

The European Investment Bank will provide a credit line worth EUR200 million to Italy’s Enel Green Power International BV for wind energy investment in Romania, Enel said in a statement Monday. more

11.28.2013

The Autonomous Administration for Nuclear Activities (RAAN) plans to build a thermal power plant worth around $350 million, Rodin Traicu, member in the Chamber of Deputies’ committee for services more

11.25.2013

Enel Green Power, a unit of Italy’s utility Enel, Monday said its 10-megawatt Podari photovoltaic plant in southwest Romania has been connected to the country’s power grid. more

11.18.2013

The 860-megawatt gas-fired power plant operated in Brazi by oil and natural gas company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) sold 54% of its first-year production on the regulated market where households and small more