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

06.06.2013

Czech Republic’s CEZ, Italy’s Enel, Energias de Portugal and Spain’s Iberdrola are the companies with the most significant investments in green power in Romania and the first to be affected by more

05.30.2013

Romania’s Competition Council Thursday said the government might require authorization from the European Commission to implement a measure aimed at exempting industrial consumers from paying part of more

05.29.2013

Romanians who want to sell or rent their homes will be obliged starting July 20 to present the building’s energy efficiency certificate to prospective buyers or tenants. more

05.06.2013

Enel Energie Bucharest, part of Italy’s utility giant Enel, is securing its green certificates for a ten-year period by signing acquisition contarcts with companies in the Enel group for as much as more

04.23.2013

Green power has been the hottest topic in the energy sector since the beginning of this year, with the prospect of changes to the support scheme pitching against one another investors, the authorities 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

04.04.2013

Romania’s state-run power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) has asked to receive part of the green certificates allocated via a government support scheme in the renewable energy sector so it 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

03.29.2013

Romania should reduce, and even halve, the number of green certificates granted to renewable energy producers, according to the country’s energy regulator ANRE. more

03.06.2013

The reduction of state aid granted to renewable energy producers is detrimental to the sector and will cause many companies to leave the market, according to the Romanian Photovoltaic Industry more

03.04.2013

Romanian aluminum smelter Alro Slatina’s (ALR.RO) presence on the local market depends, in the short run, on the reduction of state aid granted to renewable energy producers, Gheorghe Dobra, the more

02.27.2013

A law significantly cutting the green energy support scheme could take effect as of July 1. At stake are investments of hundreds of millions of euros. more

02.20.2013

Romania plans to reduce the number of green certificates granted to solar energy producers starting with 2014, an official of the country’s energy regulator ANRE said Wednesday. more

01.28.2013

Renewable energy producers in Romania collected more than EUR310 million in green certificates in 2012, through the government support scheme, which is three times more than they got in 2010. more

01.07.2013

Romanian electricity and natural gas suppliers could take part in the international auctions of selling greenhouse gas emission certificates assigned to the state by the European Commission. more

11.19.2012

Solar energy was seen as the new boom in renewable energy after the wind power sensation. But after the first ten months of 2012, things don’t look very encouraging and some market specialists even more

05.25.2012

Green power producers collected from the support scheme put in place by the Romanian government almost EUR100 million in the first four months of the year, as much as they did last year. Eighty more

05.22.2012

Romania’s energy watchdog ANRE will rethink in June the aid scheme for investments in photovoltaic power projects, and might propose a reduction of the number of green certificates granted for solar more

05.09.2012

The first-quarter electricity production of Dorobantu wind farm brought OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) 61,763 green certificates, which might be valued at EUR3.39 million at current market prices, Romania’s more

05.03.2012

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

04.30.2012

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

04.19.2012

About 18% of electricity suppliers in Romania failed to meet the mandatory green certificate quotas for last year and face penalties amounting to EUR2.86 million, according to energy watchdog ANRE more

04.17.2012

Austrian Erste Group Bank AG (EBS.RO) Tuesday proposed paying out dividend of EUR141 million on the participation certificates for the business year 2011. more