17 mai 2012

Last year was not a simple year at all, said Marius Melesteu, general manager of Strauss Romania, the producer of Doncafe. Coffee beans, the world’s second-largest market after oil, became up to more

15 mai 2012

The Muntmarks were among the first people to set their eyes on the wind power three years before Romania became a EU member and now one in two turbines in service are part of a farm they developed. more

13 mai 2012

Solar energy was credited by many specialists as being the next energy boom after wind turbines had conquered almost the whole of Dobrogea (SE Romania). more

10 mai 2012

The quest to identify the chief executive officer of Complexul Energetic Oltenia (Oltenia Energy Complex) has now begun with the choice of Kienbaum, Germany’s largest executive search firm, for the more

10 mai 2012

Peter Loescher, chairman and chief executive officer of Siemens, believes that despite the growth of the green power sector, coal and natural gas will be used for a significant part of energy more

8 mai 2012

Major energy groups operating in Romania say the local market might be faced with an electricity shortage as of 2016 because most of the country’s thermoelectric or hydroelectric power plants are more

7 mai 2012

The World Bank is sending out a strong message to the international energy giants, which arrived in Romania via privatization processes, asking them to commit to significant investments and not just more

3 mai 2012

Wind turbines planted by Czech group CEZ in Dobrogea, in Fantanele and Cogealac, will put over EUR170 million into the pockets of CEZ, with the group thus becoming one of the largest local producers more

1 mai 2012

Dobrogea could become Romania’s new energy hub, as the battle for a spot in south-eastern Romania is fought with higher budgets than the entire energy market’s worth, combined with the latest more

30 apr 2012

Renewable energy generators are headed for their best year ever on the local market, because the amounts collected in first three months of 2012, under the support scheme provided by the Romanian more

29 apr 2012

US oil group Chevron is allowed for a 30-year period to explore, develop and drill for shale gas on three Black Sea blocks, according to the agreements sealed between the Romanian state and Chevron, more

23 apr 2012

Hochland Romania, the country’s largest local cheese producer, says the exports of its two plants in Sighisoara and Sovata (central Romania) have become a strategically important component as more

20 apr 2012

Schlumberger group, the world’s largest provider of services for the oil and gas industry, has chosen Ploiesti (southern Romania) for a world class facility staffed by 170 people and set to become more

20 apr 2012

South-eastern Romania is full to the brim with wind power projects, some of them already functional and some in various stages of approval, with wind farm investors now targeting Moldavia, as shows a more

20 apr 2012

Although at least in theory all electricity consumers have been able to change their supplier since 2007, with the exception of large companies, few have given up the comfort of regulated prices to more

18 apr 2012

The announcements of state-run companies’ purchasing intentions on the website of the electronic public procurement system (SEAP) reveal the more or less justified expenses they are willing to make. more

17 apr 2012

Hidroelectrica, Romania’s largest energy producer budgeted 42.4 million (EUR9.7 million) net profit for this year, a five-fold increase on the profit of 2011, a really hard time for the company more

12 apr 2012

Nuclearelectrica, the second-largest power producer in Romania after Hidroelectrica, with a market share of over 19%, posted five times higher net profit at the end of 2011 than in 2010. However, the more

10 apr 2012

The energy market in Romania will include two new companies this fall, Complexul Energetic Oltenia and Complexul Energetic Hunedoara. The two are what is left of the reorganization plans that the more

9 apr 2012

US-based Halliburton group, an about $25 billion business with 70,000 employees, which specializes in providing services and equipment to the oil and gas industry, has chosen Ploiesti (southern more

5 apr 2012

As Romania could cover its gas consumption needs from its own resources over the next few years, the royalties collected by the state could in turn rise, especially against the backdrop of the future more

3 apr 2012

The first quarter came with mixed signals about the rebound of the economy. The macroeconomic picture is quite negative, according to the data announced so far, and certain events show the local more

30 mar 2012

Solar energy appears to be the new star of the renewable energy market after two years in which investments in wind farms have been in the spotlight, attracting over EUR1.5 billion. more

28 mar 2012

For the past couple of days the Romanian business world has been asking who is behind a small Canadian company, with $4 million in turnover, which says it will pay EUR200 million for Cupru Min. more

27 mar 2012

For the first time in over two years since people started talking about the wind power boom, the windmills made their presence felt in 2011, generating 2% of the total energy produced in Romania, more