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

03.07.2012

Romanian energy output dropped 24.9% on the year to 2.57 million tons of oil equivalent in January, largely due to falling production in the hydropower sector, official data showed Wednesday. more

03.06.2012

Enel Green Power, the renewable energy division of Italian utilities group Enel, has invested EUR330 million to build wind farms in Romania last year, the company said in its financial report Tuesday. more

03.01.2012

The energy sector's high potential to attract investments, the market's deregulation and the pump price of gas were the main topics approached by those attending the Power Summit ’12, an event more

02.29.2012

Price liberalization and investments in energy have been the main topics in the first day of Power Summit 12, an event attended by the biggest names in the energy industry in Romania. more

02.27.2012

Romanian state-run power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) Monday said it has lifted a temporary ban on electricity exports imposed on local companies after freezing temperatures drove consumption more

02.27.2012

Energy, an over EUR25 billion market, with more than 135,000 employees, will be discussed at length in the first edition of the ZF Power Summit ’12, an event organized by Ziarul Financiar that more

02.22.2012

Current gas prices in Romania create an unsustainable situation that could impact investment on this segment, including the activity of the thermal power producer built by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) in more

02.17.2012

The recent blackouts in Romania call attention to the fact that they are caused by faulty infrastructure, with two thirds of the power grid in an advanced state of usage and 30% of installations more

02.13.2012

Romania has become the seventh largest country in the European Union and leader in the region in terms of wind farm investments made last year. more

02.10.2012

Wind farms have been disconnected from the system, distributors have suffered millions of euros in damages and 50,000 residents in small towns have been left in the dark. more

02.08.2012

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering funding Vimetco Power Romania with up to EUR207 million in senior secured financing, for the construction of gas-powered more

02.08.2012

Romanian power output inched up 1.6% on the year to 23.45 million tons of oil equivalent in 2011, on higher production in most sectors, official data showed Wednesday. more

02.03.2012

The thermal power plant built by oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) in southern Romania will most likely start activity in the second half of 2012, after technical difficulties, according to a news more