05.09.2012

Romanian energy output fell 18.8% on the year to 7.94 million tons of oil equivalent in the first quarter, hurt by falling production in the hydropower sector, official data showed Wednesday. more

05.08.2012

Bucharest subway operator Metrorex will hold a tender at the end of May to buy electricity for one year, through a contract worth an estimated 62.64 million lei (EUR14.22 million). more

05.08.2012

Major energy groups operating in Romania say the local market might be faced with an electricity shortage as of 2016 because most of the country’s thermoelectric or hydroelectric power plants are more

05.07.2012

The World Bank is sending out a strong message to the international energy giants, which arrived in Romania via privatization processes, asking them to commit to significant investments and not just more

05.07.2012

ArcelorMittal Galati, a unit of the world’s largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal, has not renewed its bid to buy electricity on the Romanian power exchange OPCOM because of lack of offers, general more

05.02.2012

Enel Green Power International, a unit of Italy’s utility Enel, Wednesday said it has obtained a EUR180 credit line from Dutch Export Credit Agency to finance wind projects in Romania, the USA and more

05.02.2012

Portugal’s industrial group Martifer Wednesday announced plans to produce photovoltaic energy in Romania, through its subsidiary Martifer Solar. more

05.01.2012

Dobrogea could become Romania’s new energy hub, as the battle for a spot in south-eastern Romania is fought with higher budgets than the entire energy market’s worth, combined with the latest 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

04.27.2012

Romanian small and medium-sized enterprises, energy services firms, as well as associations of owners will be able in the next three years to access funds of EUR60 million ensured by the EU and the more

04.23.2012

Schneider Electric Romania, subsidiary of French Schneider Electric, on Monday said it is ready to deliver charging stations for electric vehicles and expects Renault Romania to launch its electric more

04.20.2012

South-eastern Romania is full to the brim with wind power projects, some of them already functional and some in various stages of approval, with wind farm investors now targeting Moldavia, as shows a more

04.20.2012

Although at least in theory all electricity consumers have been able to change their supplier since 2007, with the exception of large companies, few have given up the comfort of regulated prices to more

04.18.2012

The announcements of state-run companies’ purchasing intentions on the website of the electronic public procurement system (SEAP) reveal the more or less justified expenses they are willing to make. more

04.10.2012

The energy market in Romania will include two new companies this fall, Complexul Energetic Oltenia and Complexul Energetic Hunedoara. The two are what is left of the reorganization plans that the more

04.09.2012

GDF SUEZ Energy Romania, a subsidiary of French utility GDF SUEZ, Monday announced the appointment of its chairman, Eric Stab, as chief executive officer. more

04.05.2012

Romania will continue its nuclear energy strategy, but there might be some important changes in the near future, and the government needs to consider issuing state guarantees for the funding of more

04.05.2012

As Romania could cover its gas consumption needs from its own resources over the next few years, the royalties collected by the state could in turn rise, especially against the backdrop of the future more

04.04.2012

The European Commission is looking into the possibility of state aid granted to the energy “wise guys” through the bilateral contracts signed with hydropower producer Hidroelectrica, and the local more

04.02.2012

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or EBRD, will issue funding worth EUR30 million to Romanian lender BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO), for on-lending to small and medium sized more

03.30.2012

Romania's Land Improvement Agency (ANIF) wants to become an energy supplier for the agriculture sector, with regulated prices, agriculture minister Stelian Fuia said Friday, adding that farmers more

03.30.2012

Solar energy appears to be the new star of the renewable energy market after two years in which investments in wind farms have been in the spotlight, attracting over EUR1.5 billion. more

03.27.2012

For the first time in over two years since people started talking about the wind power boom, the windmills made their presence felt in 2011, generating 2% of the total energy produced in Romania, more

03.20.2012

ArcelorMittal Galati, a unit of the world’s largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal, has cancelled an order to purchase 3.15 million megawatt hour of electricity on the Romanian power exchange OPCOM due to more

03.20.2012

The gradual removal of electricity price regulation will only involve one stage for this year, as the market is 15% deregulated for industrial consumers in September, according to Economy Minister more