02.27.2015

From an extremely rigid market, where consumers were captive to suppliers’ satisfaction, energy is now starting to undergo deep changes, compared by people in the field to those of the telecom more

02.24.2015

Romanian state-run power distributor Electrica (EL.RO) plans to enter the energy distribution market of the Republic of Moldova through an acquisition but such a decision depends on the pro-European more

02.24.2015

Executives of utility companies say they are reluctant to continue to invest in Romania after two legislative changes in two years that shook their confidence in the long-term profitability of the more

02.23.2015

A very well-structured strategy could help Romania become an energy champion, Petru Ruset, country division lead Energy Management Power and GAs Power Siemens, said Monday. more

02.23.2015

Romania should close down all unprofitable energy producers by 2018, but it will be difficult for Romanian authorities to convince EU that they are not trying to elude the rules, as they have low more

02.23.2015

Romania's future energy strategy will focus on energy security and might be completed in September of October, Energy Minister Andrei Gerea said Monday. more

02.22.2015

Serinus Energy, owner of oil company Winstar Satu Mare, borrowed EUR10 million from European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to fund its operations in Romania, the company said in a more

02.11.2015

Romanian energy output rose 0.7% to 21.92 million tons of oil equivalent in 2014, fueling a rise in exports as local consumption went down, official data showed Wednesday. more

02.09.2015

Representatives of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, together with Romgaz and Electrica executives, brokers and investment bankers, were in London last Friday to promote themselves in front of funds more

01.30.2015

Romania’s energy exports, accounting for 15% of the output, touched the highest level in the last ten years in 2014, on the backdrop of lower prices compared with the European average and several more

01.27.2015

The automotive industry and energy sector will get new investments from foreign companies in the next two or three years, as the automotive component sector has already attracted major companies, more

01.22.2015

Romania does not need to increase energy production as the electricity demand will not require such a decision, but improve the efficiency of power stations, according to the representatives of more

01.15.2015

Romania’s energy consumption reached the highest level of the past three years at the end of last week amid the low temperatures, with coal as the main production source, doubled by hydropower more

01.14.2015

Most of the energy companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange are preparing to pay the highest dividends ever to their investors after a 2014 when utility companies posted record profits. more

01.14.2015

The price of energy traded on the spot market, a barometer of Romania's power market, soared in the last months of 2014, so that last year’s average was close to the 2013 one. more

01.12.2015

Energy regulator ANRE expects electricity and natural gas consumption to stall this year or even decline slightly amid moves to boost energy efficiency, after electricity demand contracted by 3.8% and more

01.12.2015

The price of a liter of gasoline went below the threshold of RON5 in Bucharest, after an over 20% decline from the July peak. While this is good news for drivers, analysts are warning there are also 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

01.07.2015

EnergoBit Cluj, a major supplier of equipment and services for the energy field, controlled by Polish investment fund Innova Capital, bets on an 8-10% revenue increase this year, on export contracts more

01.06.2015

Electric power consumers will subsidize this year more renewable energy, namely 11.9% of the final gross electricity consumption, compared with 11.1% in 2014. more

01.06.2015

2014 brought a new peak of energy exports, with Romania fully benefiting from the regional context and sending energy worth almost EUR250 million abroad. While, by quantity, energy exports topped the more

12.18.2014

Romania’s government approved an ordinance setting up the Energy Ministry which will take over the attributions of public institution involved in the privatization and post-privatization monitoring more

12.17.2014

Romania’s nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica (SNN.RO) will sell next year 2.25 million MWh energy on the regulated market, down 40% from 3.74 million MWh this year, but at a higher price, more

12.17.2014

The energy sector, from coal mining to the sale of fuel in gas stations, is an about 136 billion lei (EUR30 billion) business, according to ZF’s calculations based on Trade Registry data. more

12.11.2014

Energy sector was full of surprising developments again in 2014. From unexpected exits to fraud scandals, major insolvencies or historic initial public offerings, 2014 had it all, which made it one of more