05.27.2011

Romanian energy regulator ANRE proposed the reduction of priority access, by renewable energy producers to the power grid, to include solely producers whose prices are regulated. more

05.26.2011

Metrorex, the operator of the Bucharest subway network, intends to buy one year’s worth of electricity for 52 million lei (EUR12.6 million), according to a company announcement. more

05.24.2011

Romania’s structural funds on energy and energy efficiency should be calculated on specific requests by companies, since interest is disproportionate between the two segments, Economy Ministry more

05.24.2011

Green energy generation registered a real boom in the first quarter of this year, with electricity generated by wind turbines, small hydro-power stations, solar farms or biomass stations being enough more

05.19.2011

Romania needs to look closer at investors selected for the 1,000 MW Tarnita-Lapustesti hydropower plant that should be finished by 2019, following investments estimated at EUR1,028 billion, Thursday more

05.19.2011

Romania's government must establish “very quickly” a calendar for price deregulation in the energy and natural gas sectors to allow an adequate inflation targeting at the central bank, President more

05.17.2011

The flood of investors in the field of renewable energy and particularly in the wind energy sector has a single explanation: the green certificates or the mechanism of subsidies aimed at these more

05.11.2011

Romanian renewable power output is poised to grow 80% to 31.4 TWh by 2020, from 17.2 TWh in 2010, fueled by higher wind power production, according to estimates from Enel Green Power, a unit of more

05.10.2011

Romania should free the energy market, since transparent pricing is the only way to draw foreign investment on this segment, Tuesday said Michael Schwarzinger, Austrian Ambassador to Bucharest. more

05.07.2011

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Saturday, after a meeting with the International Monetary Fund delegation, that the deregulation of gas and electricity prices for households should be put on more

05.04.2011

Holrom Renewable Energy on Wednesday said it will complete this month a EUR21 million wind farm in Baia, in the Romanian southeastern county Tulcea. more

05.04.2011

Israeli-owned Energy Rose on Wednesday said it will build its first wind farm in Romania, with an investment of EUR10 million for an installed capacity of 6 MW. more

05.03.2011

Companies looking to access EU funding worth a total 243 million lei (some EUR60 million) for investment in energy efficiency, can file the literature between May 13 and December 15, the Economy more

05.03.2011

European companies might seek to invest in conventional energy in Romania, but most transactions in the power market will focus on renewable energy production units, especially after legislation more

04.21.2011

Romanian power output is estimated to grow 66% to 88.5 TWh by 2035, from 54.7 TWh in 2010, with most of the energy coming from nuclear and wind plants, according to a draft action plan from the more

04.20.2011

Adama Technologies Corp, an US-based clean-tech company, Wednesday said it has signed a non-binding agreement to sell the rights to a renewable energy project in Bucharest for about $15 million. more

04.15.2011

Austrian oil group OMV on Friday announced, without additional details, that its Romanian energy trading unit, OMV Trading, completed its first energy deal. more

04.14.2011

Romania’s energy strategy will continue to rely on coal for electricity production, Thursday said Tudor Serban, adviser to the economy minister. more

04.13.2011

The French Embassy to Romania an the local French chamber of commerce CCIFER on Wednesday proposed a set of measures meant to render the local energy sector more efficient, which include the more

04.12.2011

China Huadian Engineering plans to invest in Romanian energy production, especially mining and coal-based power plants, the local Economy Ministry said late Monday after talks with the Chinese more

04.07.2011

Romania’s state aid scheme for renewable energy might increase electricity production prices by 5%-7%, local energy watchdog ANRE said Thursday. more

04.07.2011

Romania has not yet given up the idea of creating two national energy champions, and it is currently evaluating alternative solutions to this end, an Economy Ministry official said Thursday. more

04.07.2011

Romania’s power output rose 1.5% on the year in January to February, while the country’s total energy resources dropped 1%, the National Statistics Institute said Thursday. more

04.07.2011

Romania’s Economy Ministry will float energy company stock on the bourse, retaining majority, and will employ private management, since strategic investor privatizations are no longer an option, more

03.31.2011

Romania’s plans to reorganize the bulk of its energy producers in two “national energy champions”, instead of partial or full privatization, is like “rearranging the deck chairs on the more