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

06.11.2013

Romania remains an attractive market for green energy projects despite the authorities’ recent decision to curtail state support for producers, according to representatives of TPA Horwath and 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

06.10.2013

Verbund, the largest energy company in Austria, says it will not go ahead with investments of almost EUR100 million in expanding the wind project in Casimcea (Tulcea) if the support scheme is modified 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

06.05.2013

Amending the law on the production of renewable energy through emergency ordinance is illegal and breaches European directives, the Romanian Wind Energy Association (RWEA) said Wednesday, warning that more

06.02.2013

Romania is the least competitive European Union country because of electricity prices and made a mistake when applying a green certificate scheme to support the production of green power which enables more

05.31.2013

Prime Minister Victor Ponta has taken an aggressive stance against E.ON Romania after the company’s chief executive Frank Hajdinjak said the group will give up its green energy projects in Romania more

05.30.2013

Romania’s Competition Council Thursday said the government might require authorization from the European Commission to implement a measure aimed at exempting industrial consumers from paying part of more

05.29.2013

E.ON Romania, a unit of German utility E.ON, will give up its green energy projects on the local market unless the government reconsiders its plan to reduce subsidies in the field, the company’s more

05.06.2013

Enel Energie Bucharest, part of Italy’s utility giant Enel, is securing its green certificates for a ten-year period by signing acquisition contarcts with companies in the Enel group for as much as more

04.23.2013

Green power has been the hottest topic in the energy sector since the beginning of this year, with the prospect of changes to the support scheme pitching against one another investors, the authorities more

04.22.2013

The Romanian Economy Ministry Monday signed 11 financing contracts worth 670 million lei (EUR153.4 million) for several energy efficiency and renewable energy production projects. more

04.04.2013

A measure reducing the number of green certificates offered for renewable energy production will apply only to producers that enter Romania starting 2014, while the temporary reduction of the aid more

04.04.2013

Romania’s state-run power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) has asked to receive part of the green certificates allocated via a government support scheme in the renewable energy sector so it more

04.02.2013

Romania’s government will temporarily reduce the number of green certificates granted to renewable energy producers to rein in electricity price increases, according to a draft Government emergency more

03.31.2013

The current system supporting renewable energy producers in Romania does not take into account the impact on the main energy consumers and might affect the latter’s operational sustainability, more

03.29.2013

Romania should reduce, and even halve, the number of green certificates granted to renewable energy producers, according to the country’s energy regulator ANRE. more

03.29.2013

An investor in a solar PV project who now gets six green certificates per megawatt/hour of power generated might get only four as of this summer, and the get the rest after mid 2016, according to a more

03.12.2013

Enel Green Power, a unit of Italy’s utility Enel, has invested EUR251 million in its Romanian wind energy network in 2012, the company said in its financial report Tuesday. more

03.06.2013

The reduction of state aid granted to renewable energy producers is detrimental to the sector and will cause many companies to leave the market, according to the Romanian Photovoltaic Industry more

03.05.2013

The economy could benefit from the renewable energy boom if investors were rewarded based on the amount of components they buy from the local market for their projects, says George Catalin Costache, more

03.04.2013

Romanian aluminum smelter Alro Slatina’s (ALR.RO) presence on the local market depends, in the short run, on the reduction of state aid granted to renewable energy producers, Gheorghe Dobra, the more