02.27.2014

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

02.26.2014

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

02.24.2014

The energy drink segment, which doubled its value in 2005-2010 and faltered starting 2011, is likely to return to growth this year after several years of stagnation, shows a ZF survey based on more

02.24.2014

Energy holding CE Oltenia, Romania’s biggest thermal power producer, is poised to generate 25% more energy this year compared to 2013, the weakest year in the company’s history. more

02.20.2014

Romanian state-run power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) is willing to invest over EUR1 billion in expanding its network, but the company’s development strategy is tightly linked to the more

02.11.2014

Romanian energy output fell 6.2% on the year to 21.34 million tons of oil equivalent in 2013, on the back of a two-digit decline of the thermal power production. more

02.05.2014

Romania ranks fifth among the 28 member countries of the European Union in terms of the size of wind farms installed last year. However, investments completed in 2013 are 25% smaller year-on-year. more

01.22.2014

Romania will allocate 17.85 million carbon dioxide (CO2) emission certificates to 39 power units in 2014, up 8.3% compared to the previous year. more

01.16.2014

The representatives of steelmakers operating in Romania complained again over the "overwhelming" electric power price and asked for an extension of the natural gas deregulation program by 2018, during more

01.15.2014

The price of electricity at the end-user rose by over 36% between 2007 and 2013, mostly due to the green power subventions paid by end-users and the increase of distribution costs, according to the more

01.08.2014

Wood processor Egger finished works for the largest biomass station in Romania, an 83-megawatt project worth EUR35 million, set to generate heat and power for the company based in Radauti (Suceava more

01.08.2014

Romania’s energy market regulator ANRE approved, in the last days of 2013, 110 green energy projects, threefold higher than last year’s monthly average, as it was the last chance for investors to more

01.07.2014

China-based company Unisun built three photovoltaic power plants in the Romanian counties of Brasov and Cluj, with a total installed capacity of 19.59 MW, expected to generate up to EUR8 million from more

01.07.2014

Romanian engineering group EnergoBit will decide next week whether it drops investments in the construction of photovoltaic parks, after it halted its projects at the end of 2013 due to the latest more

01.06.2014

The Romanian state and oil and gas producer OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) are bracing for tough negotiations in 2014 over the royalties charged for Petrom’s oil and gas, Petrom and Exxon will drill their more

12.27.2013

Energy, wood processing industry and food retail are the economy sectors that got the highest capital inflows from foreign shareholders this year. The impact of the Auchan-Real deal and the green more

12.20.2013

The decision of Romania’s energy watchdog ANRE to provide only hydropower and nuclear power to households, starting 2014, will cause loss of EUR30 million to hydropower generator Hidroelectrica, more

12.16.2013

The Romanian Government has decided that wind power producers will receive only 1.5 green certificates for each megawatt of energy delivered to consumers, while solar power producers will receive more

12.11.2013

The costs of electricity used for irrigations will go down by up to 30% in 2014, because the National Land Reclamation Agency (ANIF) will be able to act as power supplier starting next year, an more

12.10.2013

Renewable energy investment in Romania is bound to slow down in the next period, an official of the country’s energy watchdog ANRE said Tuesday. more

12.04.2013

Australian company ADX Energy might invest up to EUR50 million in hydrocarbon exploration in Romania and will participate in the auctions the country’s National Mineral Resources Agency (ANRM) will more

12.03.2013

Renewable energy sector has been one of the biggest challenges of 2013 for the business law firms as the scheme rewarding investments via green certificates was amended for the worse and investors had more

12.02.2013

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

11.28.2013

Romania will reach in January 2014 its target quota for renewable energy consumption, six years earlier than the 2020 term agreed with the European Union, the country’s energy watchdog ANRE said more

11.25.2013

Romania signed several agreements with China Monday, settling the resumption of cattle and pig exports to the Asian country and ensuring cooperation in several energy projects. more