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07.28.2015

Associations and employers in the renewable energy sector call on the government and the energy regulator to amend the mandatory renewable energy quota supported through the green certificate scheme more

06.18.2015

The green certificate market is collapsing, as no certificates were traded in May and June, affecting investors in renewable energy, particularly small and mid-sized producers, a local organization of more

05.21.2015

Romanian aluminum smelter Alro Slatina needs at least two years to recover the losses caused by the payment of green certificates after having paid nearly $170 million over the last three years, the more

03.25.2015

The current scheme promoting renewable energy no longer meets investors' needs and green energy producers call on regulator ANRE to come up with an alternative to the current green certificate scheme. more

07.07.2014

Companies receiving state aid in the form of lower green certificate quotas are forced to keep layoffs to less than 25% of the staff registered at the time they become eligible for the state aid more

06.24.2014

ArcelorMittal Galati and Alro slashed their headcount by 74% and 33%, respectively, since privatization until 2013, with over 21,000 people losing their jobs. However, they are set to benefit from more

06.20.2014

The Romanian state is already owing almost EUR200 million to renewable energy investors, representing the value of green certificates investors should have received between July 2013 and April 2014 more

06.19.2014

Romanian Economy Minister Constantin Nita on Thursday said the planned reduction in the green certificate quota for large electricity consumers is tied to certain conditions which target investments more

06.11.2014

The major electricity consumers will pay for a lower number of green certificates, while natural gas producers will have to sell part of their production on the on the local commodities market, more

04.01.2014

Czech-held utilities group CEZ is likely to renounce a minority stake in Fantanele-Cogealac (Constanta) wind farm, a project in which it invested EUR1.1 billion, but which now has no green more

04.01.2014

In 2013, solar projects posted the steepest decline in the value of specific investments per installed MW, by almost 30%, followed by biomass-based projects and revamped hydropower stations. more

02.28.2014

Electricity bills might increase by 0.5%-1% in April following Romania’s energy watchdog ANRE decision to hike the 2013 green certificates quota for suppliers, according to sources on the energy more

12.19.2013

The Romanian Photovoltaic Industry Association, or RPIA, Thursday said the government’s decision to reduce the number of green certificates granted to solar power producers is illegal and abusive. more

10.30.2013

Romania made nearly EUR100 million from selling some 21.5 million green certificates since January, Environment Minister Rovana Plumb said Wednesday. more

10.28.2013

Green power producers and especially owners of wind and solar farms already have EUR45 million to recover for the three months since the government changed its support scheme. They will get the money more

09.30.2013

Investments in photovoltaic parks in Romania were 3.5 times lower in July compared with the previous month after Romanian authorities changed an aid scheme supporting green power producers. more

09.05.2013

The temporary reduction of state support for renewable energy producers starting July 1 is showing its first effects and the sum investors will have to recover for July reaches about EUR14 million. more

07.19.2013

The share of green certificates in end-consumers’ electricity bills will decrease by 33.3% to RON0.034/KWh, following the energy regulator ANRE’s decision Friday to lower the annual certificate more

06.30.2013

Renewable energy producers received green certificates worth EUR250 million in the first five months of this year through the state’s support scheme, with the bulk of the money going to major more

06.27.2013

Czech power group CEZ, the largest investor in Romanian wind projects, plans to request a government guarantee that renewable producers will receive payment for the green certificates withheld under more

06.25.2013

The price of electricity will rise following Romanian authorities’ recent decision to limit state support for producers of renewable energy, Zoltan Nagy-Bege, member in the executive board of more

06.10.2013

A controversial emergency ordinance, recently adopted by the Romanian government, which amends the law on the production of renewable energy, has been published in the Official Journal. more

06.06.2013

Czech Republic’s CEZ, Italy’s Enel, Energias de Portugal and Spain’s Iberdrola are the companies with the most significant investments in green power in Romania and the first to be affected by more