03.08.2012

This year started in full gear for renewable energy producers, as they got almost EUR27 million in their accounts in January from the green certificates received for generating power using wind, more

12.27.2011

Romania’s green certificate market is expected to triple in value next year, to EUR300 million, following a strong increase in renewable energy production, according to data from local energy more

11.23.2011

October turned out to be a good month for wind power, as strong winds drove output up to more than double the level of July, for instance. more

11.14.2011

Romanian state-owned electricity producer Electrica expects to obtain up to EUR210 million between 2012 and 2017 from green certificate sales. more

11.14.2011

A series of investors in renewable energy decided to give up EU funding to finance their projects, and chose the green certificate support scheme, which gives them higher profit and frees up EU funds more

11.02.2011

The sale of greenhouse gas certificates, suspended in August because of inventory deficiencies, may be resumed in 2012, and the Finance Ministry will handle the sales, according to a draft government more

10.21.2011

The support scheme granting over EUR10 billion in aid to green energy investors will enter force next week (October 24 through October 30), a moment awaited by investors in the sector for three years. more

10.17.2011

The amount of power generated by wind farms in the first nine months of the year was over ten times higher than in the corresponding period of 2010, and owners of windmills made more than EUR42 more

08.30.2011

Thermal power producer Termica SA on Tuesday said it has used green certificates as guarantees for the purchase of some 30,000 tons of coal, with the buyback set for February. more

08.29.2011

Romania will be suspended from trading greenhouse gas emission certificates for at least six months, said Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely on Monday. more

08.29.2011

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Monday appointed Gabriel Abos head of the National Environment Protection Agency (ANPM), replacing Iosif Nagy, who resigned after Romania was barred from trading more

08.28.2011

The Kyoto Protocol committee has decided to suspend Romania from trading green certificates, after it noted breaches in the national inventory of carbon emissions, and the decision will apply until more

08.27.2011

Romanian Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely said Friday he will dismiss the head of the National Agency for Environment Protection (ANPM), Iosif Nagy, most likely on Monday, as Romania risks to be more

08.25.2011

Romania stands to lose hundreds of millions of euro following a pending suspension from trading green certificates, since breaches were noted in the national inventory of carbon emissions, people more

07.06.2011

Romanian state-owned thermal power producer Rovinari bought Monday CO2 emission certificates on the commodities exchange for EUR1.1 million, from international trader Vitol. more

06.28.2011

The Economy Ministry wants to simplify legislation on the sale of greenhouse gas certificates, or AAUs, through which it plans to collect EUR1.2 billion, some two times less than initially more

06.15.2011

Investors in renewable energy projects will collect an additional EUR2 billion by 2015, if the law regulating the support scheme is changed in such a way that more green certificates can be obtained. more

06.07.2011

Romania sent an official note to the European Commission regarding its improved scheme to support renewable energy producers, after the country’s antitrust watchdog has sanctioned the project. more

05.17.2011

Thermal power producer Termica Suceava will use the money obtained by selling greenhouse gas emission certificates to buy coal for heating in the winter of 2011-2012, Suceava mayor Ion Lungu said more

05.17.2011

The flood of investors in the field of renewable energy and particularly in the wind energy sector has a single explanation: the green certificates or the mechanism of subsidies aimed at these more

05.16.2011

Romanian thermal power producer Termica Suceava sold green certificates last week to commodities trader Vitol for a total EUR1.63 million. more

05.01.2011

Romanian leading oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) sold 57% of the green certificates it received last year, at an estimated price of EUR37 million. more

04.19.2011

Emission certificate prices dropped some 50% since the 2009-2010 interval, which means Romania may only be able to collect EUR1.5 billion from selling such deeds, half of the sum estimated two years more

04.07.2011

Romania plans to sell its excess green certificates to another state, economy ministry official Alexandru Sandulescu told an energy seminar Thursday. more