28 apr 2014

Complexul Energetic Oltenia’s electricity will reach Serbian and Hungarian consumers after the country’s second largest electricity generator sold 300 million lei (EUR67.4 million) worth of power more

23 apr 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

22 apr 2014

Started as a small workshop with several people making musical instruments in 1951, Reghin-based Hora has become a modern industrial company in its own right and even helped found new musical more

8 apr 2014

Mike Rowland knew nothing about Romania when his involvement in the management of a local football team took him to Eastern Europe. more

7 apr 2014

Romgaz Medias (SNG.RO), the largest natural gas producer in Romania, is in talks with a US company to sell 50% of its stake in two oil blocks in Poland. more

1 apr 2014

Businessman Constantin Bucur, the main stakeholder in Vest-Energo, the company that owns the only private electro-thermal power station (CET) in Bucharest, plans to build a new station in northeastern more

31 mar 2014

French group Alstom, which has handled maintenance works for the Bucharest subway since 2003, plans to get involved in the Drumul Taberei-Pantelimon subway project by delivering 43 trains, in a more

27 mar 2014

Romania’s energy system has a solid foundation and growth must come from boosting output and consumption efficiency by generating energy as close to consumption locations as possible, says Peter more

20 mar 2014

The biggest electricity consumers in Romania, aluminum smelter Alro Slatina and steel plant ArcelorMittal Galati, will have to spend 177 million lei (EUR39 million) to comply with the green power more

20 mar 2014

The Galati shipyard held by Netherlands-based Damen group will build a cable lay vessel that can be used to deploy the cables connecting wind farms to the power grid. more

18 mar 2014

Between 2007 and 2013, Romania paid $7 billion to the intermediaries of Russia’s gas giant Gazprom for the natural gas imported from Russia. In the past, Russian gas covered one quarter of the local more

18 mar 2014

The upcoming price hike for natural gas from domestic production, of 24% starting April 1st, has not prompted large consumers to tap gas bourses in search of a better price. more

18 mar 2014

Bucharest-based Microelectronica invested EUR15 million in a LED research and production unit, planning to become a supplier for the optical, electronics and car industries. more

17 mar 2014

The Romanian industry will get a double blow on April 1 with the introduction of the additional EUR0.07 excise duty per liter of fuel devised by Ponta Government to boost budget revenue and the rise more

13 mar 2014

The Romanian economy needs investments of hundreds of million euros in energy efficiency as Romania lags behind in the EU in this regard, but many consumers prefer to complain about energy costs and more

3 mar 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

27 feb 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

26 feb 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

24 feb 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

23 ian 2014

Romania resumed its traditional position of net electricity exporter last year, helped by the good production of hydropower and wind power, much different from 2012 when the summer drought forced the more

7 ian 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

15 dec 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

2 dec 2013

The EUR25 million investments in biogas-fired power plants are nothing compared to the EUR4 billion attracted by wind and photovoltaic solar farms so far. However, the investments announced recently more

7 nov 2013

The announcement of a tender for the new energy strategy has been launched and is the first step towards devising the document outlining the development of a very important sector of Romania’s more

5 nov 2013

Transmission system operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) will invest 160 million lei (EUR36 million) to double Romania's interconnection infrastructure to Serbia by building a new high voltage power line more