08.05.2014

The mandatory annual quota of electricity produced from renewable sources will grow to 11.9% of the gross electricity consumption next year, from 11.1% this year, but impact on electricity bills will more

06.23.2014

Romania has climbed one spot to 31st in a global attractiveness ranking for investments in renewable energy, according to a report from consulting firm Ernst & Young (E&Y). 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

03.13.2014

Romanian president Traian Basescu said Thursday he has signed into law the government emergency ordinance on green certificates, adding he expects lower electricity bills. more

03.03.2014

Chinese photovoltaic cell and module manufacturer Sunowe has invested EUR40 million in a 25 MW photovoltaic park on a 50-hectare plot in Sibiu County, central Romania. more

02.24.2014

Energy holding CE Oltenia, Romania’s biggest thermal power producer, is poised to generate 25% more energy this year compared to 2013, the weakest year in the company’s history. more

01.08.2014

Wood processor Egger finished works for the largest biomass station in Romania, an 83-megawatt project worth EUR35 million, set to generate heat and power for the company based in Radauti (Suceava 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

12.16.2013

The Romanian Government has decided that wind power producers will receive only 1.5 green certificates for each megawatt of energy delivered to consumers, while solar power producers will receive more

12.10.2013

Renewable energy investment in Romania is bound to slow down in the next period, an official of the country’s energy watchdog ANRE said Tuesday. more

10.03.2013

Romania will continue to stimulate renewable energy production and is currently looking into potential support schemes for industrial consumers, the country’s Energy Department said in a statement more

08.21.2013

Virgil Mailat, the businessman who introduced PET bottled beer in Romania at the time he was a shareholder of Bere Mures brewery, has completed renewable energy projects worth around EUR43 million more

06.16.2013

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition (COMP) has started a preliminary investigation into the provisions of Romania’s emergency decree regarding state support for renewable more

06.10.2013

A controversial emergency ordinance, recently adopted by the Romanian government, which amends the law on the production of renewable energy, has been published in the Official Journal. more

06.10.2013

Romania’s newly revised support scheme for renewable energy producers has left out a previous stipulation under which industrial consumers would be exempted from paying part of the production costs more

05.29.2013

Romanian government will likely adopt next week a controversial bill reducing state support for renewable energy producers, Energy Minister Constantin Nita said Wednesday. more

05.29.2013

E.ON Romania, a unit of German utility E.ON, will give up its green energy projects on the local market unless the government reconsiders its plan to reduce subsidies in the field, the company’s more

05.13.2013

The business volume of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral financial institution which includes Romania among its shareholders, stood at EUR612 million last more

04.25.2013

Romania's renewable energy sector is not at risk of becoming the next speculative bubble, as it happened with the real estate market a few years ago, because it is “closely monitored” and more

04.04.2013

A measure reducing the number of green certificates offered for renewable energy production will apply only to producers that enter Romania starting 2014, while the temporary reduction of the aid more

04.02.2013

Romania’s government will temporarily reduce the number of green certificates granted to renewable energy producers to rein in electricity price increases, according to a draft Government emergency more

03.31.2013

The current system supporting renewable energy producers in Romania does not take into account the impact on the main energy consumers and might affect the latter’s operational sustainability, more

03.27.2013

Renewable energy producers, which receive aid from the state, should be obliged to cede a part of it for electricity network upgrades, an official of Romanian state-run power grid operator more