10.31.2012

Major Romanian farmers are taking an interest in solar power, the next potential clean energy boom after wind power, and are preparing to convert tens of hectares of land into photovoltaic projects. more

10.23.2012

Belgium’s Alinso Group, which together with businessman Petrica Usurelu developed business park West Park in Prahova county, entered the solar power market, a segment credited by specialists with more

10.17.2012

South Korea’s Samsung is considering building two solar parks with a total capacity of 45 megawatts in Romania, following the development of similar projects in neighboring Bulgaria, an official of more

10.10.2012

Romania’s southern region of Oltenia will likely host photovoltaic power stations with a total capacity of 154 megawatts, making up for almost one third of the planned solar projects in the country more

10.08.2012

Solar panel producer Suntech Power Holdings has signed a contract with Portuguese company EDP Renovaveis to supply panels with a total capacity of 39 megawatts for four new photovoltaic projects EDP more

09.28.2012

Sales of residential solar panels went down by as much as 20% in the first half of 2012, the worst affected being the cheaper systems. more

09.26.2012

Energias de Portugal (EdP), one of the most active investors in the wind power business in Romania, has also expanded into solar energy after buying a portfolio of projects that might be worth as much more

09.05.2012

The capacity of the operational wind farms in Romania might double by the end of 2014, from the current 1,390 MW, which cost about EUR2 billion. Although this is a significant leap from the 14 MW more

08.30.2012

Romania now has green energy projects the size of the two Cernavoda nuclear reactors, after investments of over EUR2 billion. more

08.28.2012

Selgros Cash&Carry, one of the top ten companies in local trade, is taking the first step towards electrical power generation, after having decided to install a rooftop solar farm at one of its 19 more

07.16.2012

The Romanian Economy Ministry will co-finance a photovoltaic energy project in southern Romania, worth 46.4 million lei (EUR10.2 million). more

06.28.2012

The scheme granting six green certificates per each megawatt of solar power generated remains valid for the projects done by early 2014. 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

05.13.2012

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

05.02.2012

Portugal’s industrial group Martifer Wednesday announced plans to produce photovoltaic energy in Romania, through its subsidiary Martifer Solar. more

03.30.2012

Solar energy appears to be the new star of the renewable energy market after two years in which investments in wind farms have been in the spotlight, attracting over EUR1.5 billion. more

03.14.2012

Norway’s Renewable Energy Corporation (REC), one of the world’s largest makers of equipment for solar farms, whose revenue stood at about EUR1.8 billion in 2011, is interested in the Romanian more

02.23.2012

About a year ago, Spanish-held Siliken, an approximately EUR500 million business specializing in solar panel manufacturing, started operations in a plant in Timisoara, after investing EUR5 million in more

01.16.2012

Solar energy projects have caught speed on the Romanian market, with 51 such projects currently under construction, which entail investments of around EUR500 million, according to data of transmission more

12.20.2011

November kick-started a genuine revolution in green energy, as this is the first month when the support scheme for green energy became fully operational after a three-year wait for investors in the more

10.21.2011

The support scheme granting over EUR10 billion in aid to green energy investors will enter force next week (October 24 through October 30), a moment awaited by investors in the sector for three years. more

10.13.2011

After Dobrogea was invaded by investors who developed or planned to develop wind farm projects (the installed capacity of wind farms in the region nears that of a reactor at the nuclear plant in more

09.08.2011

Belgian green energy producer Electrawinds plans to invest around EUR30 million in a 10 MW solar farm in Fierbinti locality, southern Romania, company officials said Thursday. more

07.15.2011

The amount of wind energy produced in the first six months of this year was double the amount of 2010 as a whole. Producers of green energy therefore gained more in the first six months of 2011 than more

07.11.2011

Investors in wind and solar energy are drawn into the race of green energy, the hottest sector of the moment by something that acts as a magnet: the aid that the Romanian state provides through the more