12.02.2011

Electricity and gas prices will rise once regulator ANRE asks energy distributors to approach clients with efficiency solutions, whose costs will be covered through the adjustment of delivery prices. 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

11.22.2011

Romania has major potential for growth on the energy segment, but exploitation requires large investment, which will be not drawn from private investors as long as policies are not consistent and more

11.21.2011

Romania Hipermarché, operator of Cora chain of hypermarkets, Monday said it has received authorization to act in capacity of electric energy trader on the local market. more

11.18.2011

Nuclearelectrica, operator of Romania’s sole nuclear power plant, Friday said it will shut down one of its two reactors on Sunday, in order to replace a used component in the unit. more

11.17.2011

French group Filasa on Thursday launched a EUR780 million investment project in northeastern Romania, targeting the construction of 12 wind farms. more

11.16.2011

Seven companies asked for the annulment of the force majeure notices issued in September by Romania’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIR), but only Energy Holding, assisted by law firm Tuca more

11.15.2011

The Romanian government will provide over EUR10 billion through a support scheme for green energy projects, but has no certainty that this money, which will be paid through individuals’ and 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

11.14.2011

The energy price increase caused by the Romanian support scheme for renewable energy is not a very large sum, it's "only a few lei extra," Monday said Mircea Cotosman, adviser on environmental issues more

11.11.2011

Electrica, the only electricity distribution and supply company still in the portfolio of the Romanian state, says it has to recoup RON1.6 billion (EUR380.9 million) from companies to which it more

11.08.2011

Romania’s planned reorganization of the energy sector has gone from one failure to another, even if the authorities have not formally withdrawn any of the projects that were announced and then more

11.03.2011

Energy and gas prices need to be aligned with European ones between 2013 and 2015, or it will not secure necessary investment, worth EUR35 billion by 2020, especially on the energy segment, Thursday more

11.01.2011

Real estate transactions may be later challenged in court by the signatories or by third parties, if the property exchange or rental contract did not come with the building's energy efficiency more

11.01.2011

Romania’s energy resources rose 1% in 2010 compared with the previous year, while consumption widened by 1.6%, the country's national statistics office said Tuesday. more

10.26.2011

State-owned hydropower producer Hidroelectrica does not have the means to terminate its direct sale contracts, which are “perhaps” concluded over “too extended” periods, Wednesday said the more

10.21.2011

Enel Green Power, a unit of Italy’s utility Enel, Thursday said it has completed the construction of a 70 MW wind farm in Tulcea, southern Romania, increasing its total installed capacity in the 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

10.19.2011

The only trend seen by energy prices is upwards, but mechanisms need to be found to protect vulnerable consumers, Eric Stab, country manager for Romania within GDF Suez, said Wednesday. 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

10.14.2011

Energy investments completed in Romania in 2011 make it the best of the past 20 years, as the value of new electricity projects is around EUR2 billion. more

10.13.2011

The government’s latest bid to reorganize the national energy system, through the creation of complexes Oltenia and Hunedoara, is seen by specialists as a better idea than the two previous ones, more

10.13.2011

After Dobrogea was invaded by investors who developed or planned to develop wind farm projects (the installed capacity of wind farms in the region nears that of a reactor at the nuclear plant in more

10.12.2011

Romania's Government on Wednesday approved the ordinance providing state aid through green certificates for renewable energy production, after repeated complaints about delays from business more

10.10.2011

Electricity and gas traders will need to report their transactions to the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, or CER, according to new framework adopted by the EU Monday, for the more