07.10.2015

Romanian electricity output rose 3.1% on the year to 26.97 billion kilowatt-hours in the first five months of 2015, fueled by higher production in the hydropower sector, official data showed Friday. more

06.30.2015

Several photovoltaic parks, wind farms and biomass-fired power plants with a total installed capacity of over 60 megawatts (MW) will become operational in Romania in the upcoming period. more

06.10.2015

Canada's Transeastern Power Trust has agreed to buy two solar parks in Romania, from RG Renovatio Group, for approximately $9.6 million, excluding debt, the company announced Wednesday. more

05.12.2015

Romanian electricity output rose 4.5% on the year to 17 billion kilowatt-hours in the first quarter of 2015, fueled by higher production in the renewable energy sector, official data showed Tuesday. more

05.04.2015

Back in 2008, aluminum smelter Alro Slatina (ALR.RO), Romania’s largest electricity consumer, accounted for 7% of the country’s consumption. Last year, it accounted for only 5.7%, following a 25% more

04.23.2015

Lukoil Energy&Gas Romania, controlled by Russia’s oil group Lukoil, cashed in the first million euros from solar energy after the company in mid-2014 completed investments in a 9-MW photovoltaic more

04.20.2015

Romania’s industrial sector used 29 TWh of electricity last year, 18% more than in 2013 and also more than in 2008, when consumption reached 22.4 TWh. One reason for the increase is the move of some more

04.17.2015

Romania's state owned hydropower producer Hidroelectrica, undergoing insolvency, sold, at the end of March, only three of a total 33 micro hydropower plants put up for sale, for 5 million lei (EUR1.1 more

04.09.2015

Romanian electricity output rose 3.2% on the year to 11.38 billion kilowatt-hours in the first two months of 2015, fueled by higher production in the hydropower sector, official data showed Thursday. more

03.19.2015

Restructuring announced at energy holdings Hunedoara and Oltenia, which operate the largest thermal power plants in the country, will probably be dramatic, and the biggest stake in the move is state more

03.11.2015

Romanian energy output rose 4.7% on the year to 1.94 million tons of oil equivalent in January, fueled by higher production in the hydropower sector, official data showed Wednesday. more

02.24.2015

Executives of utility companies say they are reluctant to continue to invest in Romania after two legislative changes in two years that shook their confidence in the long-term profitability of the more

02.23.2015

Romania should close down all unprofitable energy producers by 2018, but it will be difficult for Romanian authorities to convince EU that they are not trying to elude the rules, as they have low more

02.20.2015

Romanian Energy Minister Andrei Gerea has called on the European Commission to seek mechanisms to fund nuclear power projects with European money. more

02.06.2015

The start of the EUR1 billion investment in a new coal-based station in Rovinari is still being delayed as the project company is not due to be set up earlier than April. According with initial more

01.28.2015

Investors in solar park projects got most of the green certificates awarded under Romania's government-backed clean energy support scheme last year. more

01.27.2015

After investments of EUR380 million in wind projects, Verbund will no longer expand in Romania, says Ovidiu Pop, general manager of Verbund Romania, the local subsidiary of Austria’s biggest energy more

01.19.2015

Romania's state owned hydropower producer Hidroelectrica, undergoing insolvency, will hold an auction in February to sell 33 of its remaining 128 micro power plants, at a starting price of RON84.7 more

01.14.2015

Romanian energy output rose 0.6% on the year to 20 million tons of oil equivalent in the first eleven months of 2014, fueled by higher production in most sectors, official data showed Wednesday. more

12.11.2014

Romanian energy output rose 0.4% on the year to 18.2 million tons of oil equivalent in the first ten months of 2014, fueled by higher production in most sectors, official data showed Thursday. more

12.09.2014

RCS&RDS, one of the leading telecom operators in Romania, is contemplating a potential entry on the power supply market and is researching several business models. more

11.19.2014

Out of the 20 major activity fields in Romania, electricity is the field that witnessed the biggest increase in the number of companies during the 2008-2013 period, according to Trade Registry more

11.10.2014

Romanian energy output rose 0.6% on the year to 16.3 million tons of oil equivalent in the first nine months of 2014, fueled by higher production in most sectors, official data showed Monday. more

10.30.2014

Two Romanian state-run companies and three foreign groups are interested in taking over the local assets of Italy's Enel group. more

10.29.2014

Romania’s ten largest cities by population numbers make the main battleground of modern retail networks owing both to the high population density and to the above-average purchasing power. more