09.07.2012

Electricity, cars, constructions, the telecom sector are the leading markets that saw declines in the first six months of this year against the similar period of 2011, signaling that good times will more

09.05.2012

The capacity of the operational wind farms in Romania might double by the end of 2014, from the current 1,390 MW, which cost about EUR2 billion. Although this is a significant leap from the 14 MW more

08.30.2012

Romania now has green energy projects the size of the two Cernavoda nuclear reactors, after investments of over EUR2 billion. more

08.29.2012

GDF SUEZ Energy Romania, a unit of French-Belgian utility GDF SUEZ, plans to launch a 300 million lei (EUR64 million) bond issue in Bucharest, according to a company call to shareholders. more

08.29.2012

Romania is the world’s 13th most attractive country for investments in renewable energy, according to a research conducted by consultancy firm Ernst&Young (E&Y). more

08.23.2012

Romania’s planned tax on extraordinary revenues in the natural gas and electricity market will be implemented as of January 2013, according to the country’s latest memorandum of economic and more

08.15.2012

Romania is the country where the renewable energy division of Energias de Portugal (EDP), one of the major European energy groups, recorded the highest growths in the last year, with the Portuguese more

08.14.2012

Romanian electricity and natural gas producers may have to pay an extraordinary tax on the supplementary revenues obtained following price deregulations on the local market, an official of the Finance more

08.09.2012

Romanian aluminum smelter Alro Slatina (ALR.RO) will pay 70% more for the electricity bought from state-owned hydropower producer Hidroelectrica. more

08.08.2012

Romanian energy imports are likely to reach 46% of the total consumption in 2030, according to estimates of dominant oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), which said the country needs more investments in more

08.03.2012

Dumitru Dina, head of nuclear energy producer Nuclearelectrica, a EUR375 million business in 2011, says there is no reason why Romania should not go ahead with its nuclear energy program despite the more

08.02.2012

While wind farms projects have already attracted EUR2 billion investments and solar farms are seen as the new stars of green energy, projects turning wood or waste into power are tentatively more

08.01.2012

Agriculture, renewable energy and IT&C have been the most attractive sectors for foreign investors this year, which spent several hundreds of millions of euros to enter Romania. more

07.25.2012

Renewable energy producers got green certificates worth some EUR138 million in the first six months, which is significantly higher than the about EUR95 million they got for the entire last year. The more

07.24.2012

Euro Insol, the administrator of Romanian insolvent power producer Hidroelectrica, announced Tuesday that the company has terminated a deal with Energy Holding, responsible for losses of 1.4 billion more

07.24.2012

Romania insolvent state-owned energy producer Hidroelectrica and Energy Holding have agreed Monday on the price of the contract, but Hidroelectrica’s representative also aim to cut the duration of more

07.19.2012

Romanian Economy Minister Daniel Chitoiu on Thursday ensured the country’s Supreme Defense Body that no asset belonging to insolvent hydropower producer Hidroelectrica will be sold otherwise than as more

07.16.2012

Energy Holding, one of the most profitable private energy traders, ended 2011 in the red, after having made hefty profits from selling the cheap electricity it got from state-owned hydropower producer more

07.06.2012

Swedish waste-to-energy developer Usitall is considering an investment of EUR200-400 million in Romania to build two power plants, in Bucharest and Galati. more

06.29.2012

Romania’s energy regulator ANRE said Friday electricity prices for all categories of consumers will increase by an average of 5% starting July 1st. more

06.20.2012

The Romanian Economy Ministry secretary of state Rodin Traicu on Wednesday said the country’s new energy strategy will be completed by the end of July. more

06.19.2012

Romania’s energy independence will be reduced and imports will reach 40%-50% of total consumption in 2030, due to higher demand for primary energy and the natural decline of the local hydrocarbon more

06.18.2012

The aid granted by Romania to support the production of renewable energy is too generous and will lead to overcapacity, which will affect the stability of the country’s energy system, according to a more

06.18.2012

Private investment into energy production is in deadlock in Romania because reforms in this sector ceased in 2004 and the Government does not consider energy an essential infrastructure component, more

06.16.2012

Renewable energy producers received nearly EUR750,000 each day over the past month, and the value of subsidies granted to companies generating power by using wind, sunlight or water resources amounted more