04.23.2015

Lukoil Energy&Gas Romania, controlled by Russia’s oil group Lukoil, cashed in the first million euros from solar energy after the company in mid-2014 completed investments in a 9-MW photovoltaic more

01.28.2015

Investors in solar park projects got most of the green certificates awarded under Romania's government-backed clean energy support scheme last year. more

01.07.2015

About 480 wind turbines should have been deployed last year, yet by the end of November only 175 of them had been installed, which means the authorities’ estimates about the clean energy market were more

11.04.2014

Renewable power investments worth some EUR480 million were completed in the first nine months of this year, according to ZF calculations based on information provided by Transelectrica and the energy 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

05.20.2014

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

05.12.2014

“More and more customers, especially foreign ones, are interested in our production process,” said representatives of Supremia Grup, a food ingredients and spice business turned solar farm more

05.07.2014

The photovoltaic energy boom in Romania ended when the government cut subsidies for renewable energy producers. However, the market still has room for several hundred small projects covered by a new 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

04.03.2014

EDP Renovaveis, the renewable power unit of Energias de Portugal group, completed green power projects worth EUR250 million in Romania last year, according to ZF estimates. more

04.01.2014

In 2013, solar projects posted the steepest decline in the value of specific investments per installed MW, by almost 30%, followed by biomass-based projects and revamped hydropower stations. more

03.27.2014

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will extend a EUR20 million loan to Portuguese renewable energy company EDP Renovaveis for construction works and operation of six solar parks more

03.20.2014

The country’s energy watchdog ANRE authorized provider of energy equipment Electricom to carry out a 10 MW solar park in Tulcea county, eastern Romania. more

03.18.2014

Romanian power supplier and energy trader Tinmar, owned by businessman Augustin Oancea, borrowed EUR7 million from commercial lender Banca Comerciala Carpatica for the development of an 8.5-MW solar 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

02.20.2014

Italy’s renewable energy development company Energiaprima is considering building solar parks with a total capacity of 200 megawatts in Romania, an investment estimated at around EUR310 million. more

02.14.2014

Lukoil Energy&Gas Romania, a unit of Russia’s second-largest oil group Lukoil, plans to build a 9 MW photovoltaic park near its Petrotel refinery in the southern city of Ploiesti, people familiar 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

02.03.2014

Altius Fotovoltaic, part of Bomax group held by Romanian businessman Sorin Bonciu, will complete the expansion of its photovoltaic solar panel factory in Giurgiu Free Zone, in maximum two months, more

01.31.2014

The Romanian market would be unsupportive for solar park projects in 2014, compared with the “boom” in 2013, following legislative changes and the inaccessible financing, Andreas Laspadakis, 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

01.06.2014

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