06.22.2012

Environmental protection and construction equipment manufacturer Comelf, controlled by the Uzinsider Bucuresti group, in 2009 started making small parts for wind power farms, an industry that was just more

06.18.2012

The aid granted by Romania to support the production of renewable energy is too generous and will lead to overcapacity, which will affect the stability of the country’s energy system, according to a more

06.13.2012

Wind energy is no longer just a trend, because on May 13, wind turbines covered more of the national consumption of energy than the Cernavoda nuclear power plant. At the time, though, the nuclear more

06.08.2012

Romanian energy output fell 16.3% on the year to 10.88 million tons of oil equivalent in the first four months, due to declining production in the hydropower sector, official data showed Friday. more

06.08.2012

Romania had fifteen wind farms worth more than EUR1.7 billion operational at the beginning of June. Four of the fifteen farms, whose total capacity stands at about 1,165 MW, more than a Cernavoda more

06.04.2012

Tinmar-Ind, an energy trader controlled by businessman Augustin Oancea, almost doubled its revenue last year, to more than EUR324 million. more

06.04.2012

Romanian thermal power producer Turceni, Rovinari and Craiova ended last year with record revenue, as the drought that hurt Hidroelectrica was a real boost for the business of the three plants. more

05.30.2012

Romanian thermal power producer Craiova Wednesday said its sales rose 12% on the year to 1.22 billion lei (EUR287.8 million) in 2011, as a prolonged draught has boosted demand for electricity produced more

05.25.2012

Green power producers collected from the support scheme put in place by the Romanian government almost EUR100 million in the first four months of the year, as much as they did last year. Eighty more

05.17.2012

After taking over at the helm of Danone Romania in April, Dieter Schultz set several clear objectives for his mandate: the first of them is to keep the company on an upward trend in 2012, even if the more

05.15.2012

Spanish developer Heliotech and its Romanian partner Solar Systems will develop a solar power project worth over EUR55 million in Harghita county, central Romania. more

05.15.2012

The Muntmarks were among the first people to set their eyes on the wind power three years before Romania became a EU member and now one in two turbines in service are part of a farm they developed. more

05.13.2012

Solar energy was credited by many specialists as being the next energy boom after wind turbines had conquered almost the whole of Dobrogea (SE Romania). more

05.08.2012

Major energy groups operating in Romania say the local market might be faced with an electricity shortage as of 2016 because most of the country’s thermoelectric or hydroelectric power plants are more

05.01.2012

Dobrogea could become Romania’s new energy hub, as the battle for a spot in south-eastern Romania is fought with higher budgets than the entire energy market’s worth, combined with the latest more

04.25.2012

Franklin Templeton, which manages the assets of Fondul Proprietatea investment fund, took the heads of foreign funds and investment bankers to see Romania’s biggest energy assets: the Iron Gates more

04.20.2012

Romanian state-run hydropower producer Hidroelectrica will likely terminate most of its controversial underpriced corporate supply contracts signed in the early 2000s, people familiar with the matter more

04.20.2012

South-eastern Romania is full to the brim with wind power projects, some of them already functional and some in various stages of approval, with wind farm investors now targeting Moldavia, as shows a more

04.18.2012

Dutch-registered Vimetco NV Wednesday said it has short-listed three contractors for the construction of its future 250-megawatt power plant in Tulcea county, southeastern Romania. more

04.12.2012

Nuclearelectrica, the second-largest power producer in Romania after Hidroelectrica, with a market share of over 19%, posted five times higher net profit at the end of 2011 than in 2010. However, the more

04.06.2012

Romanian energy output fell 21.1% on the year to 5.1 million tons of oil equivalent in the first two months, hit by falling production in the hydropower sector, official data showed Friday. more

03.27.2012

For the first time in over two years since people started talking about the wind power boom, the windmills made their presence felt in 2011, generating 2% of the total energy produced in Romania, more

03.14.2012

Romania’s Economy Ministry has once again extended, to September 15, the deadline by which companies can bid for the development of reactors 3 and 4 at the country's sole nuclear power plant in more

03.12.2012

Enel Green Power Romania, a subsidiary of Enel Green Power, on Monday announced the appointment of Francesco Lazzeri as general manager, replacing Carlo Pignoloni, whose three-year mandate ended. more

03.08.2012

Enel Green Power, a unit of Italy’s utility Enel, plans to add another 180 MW to its Romanian wind energy network in 2012, taking its installed capacity to around 450 MW, general manager Francesco more