03.11.2014

Romania’s power consumption could increase by 1% to 1.5% on the year in 2014, according to estimates of CEZ Romania utility. more

03.11.2014

Romanian energy output fell 6.1% on the year to 1.85 million tons of oil equivalent in January, largely due to a 27.2% decline in net coal production, the statistics institute INS said Tuesday. more

02.27.2014

Romania’s largest industrial companies say there is no use for the country to have natural gas resources if they cannot be used for competitive production. more

02.27.2014

A Bucharest resident spends almost 70% of monthly income on food, utilities, rent and transportation. At the opposite end, less than 2% of the monthly budget of around 2,200 lei (about EUR500) is more

02.26.2014

Major investors in the energy sector, utility and oil companies are expecting signals from the government about its strategy so as to be able to decide where to channel their future investments. more

02.24.2014

The year 2014 could mean the return to contracts abroad for Romelectro Bucuresti, one of Romania’s leading general contractors for the energy industry, after having spent a decade focusing on power more

02.04.2014

The number of companies in the renewable energy generation sector increased 18 times in 2009-2013 to 559 companies operating wind farms, solar parks or hydropower plants, which receive subsidies from more

01.22.2014

Power producers suffered because of low prices last year, while distributors had a good 2013, so vertically integrated energy companies stood to gain in the end, according to Luca D’Agnese, chief more

01.21.2014

HiSun PV Technology, a subsidiary of China Evergreen Industry Group, has expressed interest in building a thermal power plant in Halanga (in Romania’s southern county of Mehedinti), in association more

01.21.2014

Three senators of the Social Democratic Party filed a proposition to amend the Renewable Energy Law, cutting the maximum value of green certificates from EUR55 to EUR30, Ionel David, CEO of the more

01.19.2014

Romania’s electric power output capacity will grow by approximately 19% by 2020, after 5,000-megawatt units will become operational, while other units will be closed down. more

01.15.2014

The price of electricity at the end-user rose by over 36% between 2007 and 2013, mostly due to the green power subventions paid by end-users and the increase of distribution costs, according to the more

01.15.2014

Complexul Energetic Oltenia (Oltenia Energy Complex), the largest thermal power producer in Romania, expects 5 billion lei (EUR1.1 billion) revenue this year, 4% higher than in 2013, but the gross more

01.10.2014

Romanian energy output fell 6.4% on the year to 19.57 million tons of oil equivalent in the first 11 months of 2013, on the back of a two-digit decline in the thermal sector, official data showed more

01.09.2014

Romanian Minister Delegate for Energy Constantin Nita told Mediafax Thursday that the feasibility study for the construction of a EUR150 million thermal power plant by Romanian power producer ELCEN more

01.09.2014

Romania's coal-fueled energy production would remain sustainable for many years and companies investing in CO2 emission cut might get certain incentives from the state, Minister Delegate for Energy more

01.08.2014

Romania’s energy market regulator ANRE approved, in the last days of 2013, 110 green energy projects, threefold higher than last year’s monthly average, as it was the last chance for investors to more

01.07.2014

China-based company Unisun built three photovoltaic power plants in the Romanian counties of Brasov and Cluj, with a total installed capacity of 19.59 MW, expected to generate up to EUR8 million from more

01.07.2014

Romanian engineering group EnergoBit will decide next week whether it drops investments in the construction of photovoltaic parks, after it halted its projects at the end of 2013 due to the latest more

01.07.2014

Romania’s electricity consumption fell in 2013 for the second consecutive year, after several major industrial consumers either entered insolvency or scaled back operations. more

01.06.2014

The two largest photovoltaic parks in Romania were started into service at the end of 2013, according to the latest data released by power grid operator Transelectrica. more

12.31.2013

Lukoil Energy&Gas Romania, part of Russian oil group Lukoil, will enter the Romanian solar power production market after receiving construction clearance from the local energy regulator ANRE. more

12.31.2013

Tinmar Ind, the largest private electricity trader in Romania, owned by businessman Augustin Oancea, says it has budgeted growth of 25% of its revenue to 2.13 billion lei (EUR478 million) in 2014. more

12.19.2013

Romania inaugurated Thursday Centrala Hidroelectrica Racovita (CHE Racovita), a EUR162.7 million hydropower plant in Sibiu county, central Romania, whose construction started before 1989. more

12.18.2013

The modification of the clean energy support scheme as of January 1, 2014 will only affect those power generation facilities starting operation on or after that date, Romania’s energy market more