Banks boost lending to environmentally damaging energy projects
The world’s biggest banks increased their financing of “extreme fossil fuels” by 11 per cent last year, committing $115bn to…
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Industrial networks of energy were the first target for cyberattacks in H2, 2017
The most cyber-attacks targeted energy organizations and engineering & ICS integration networks in the second half of 2017, shows a…
Trump wanted to slash funding for clean energy, Congress opposed
The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that passed Friday morning increases spending on clean energy and keeps the Environmental Protection…
Rising energy demand fuels increase in global carbon emissions
China and India helped push global demand for energy up more than 2 per cent last year, more than twice…
Tesla shareholders approve CEO Musk’s $2.6 billion compensation plan
Tesla Inc shareholders approved a compensation package potentially worth as much as $2.6 billion for Chief Executive Elon Musk on…
The BIC report on Romania advances a map of the main domestic biomass sources
The petrochemical and agro-food industries in Romania can play an important role in creating a new industry based on the…
US government accuses Russia of hacking into energy infrastructure
The U.S. government has officially accused Russia of an already well-reported effort to gain access to the country’s power grid,…
Enevo Group, one of three energy companies in the “Made in Romania – BVB league” semifinals
Enevo Group has reached the semifinals of the “Made in Romania – BVB league“ competition, on the shortlist of 50…
Tillerson sacking to delay restart of EU-US energy summits
US president Donald Trump‘s firing of Rex Tillerson as secretary of state on Tuesday (13 March) will mean EU diplomacy…
At this rate, it’s going to take nearly 400 years to transform the energy system
Fifteen years ago, Ken Caldeira, a senior scientist at the Carnegie Institution, calculated that the world would need to add…
EIB Romanian financing in 2017: 1.9 bln. EUR – the highest level since 2009
The European Investment Bank Group, comprising the European Investment Bank (EIB) and its subsidiary, the European Investment Fund (EIF), provided…
OECD urges countries to tax more the dirty energy
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has encouraged governments to start taxing CO2 emissions more aggressively, in a…
ExpoEnergiE 2018 – The Event of the Energy Industry Specialists
ExpoEnergiE – International trade fair for renewable energy, conventional energy, equipment and technologies for the oil and natural gas industry takes…
Fighting energy poverty through integrated upgrading of public buildings (analysis by Andrei Ceclan)
Andrei Ceclan, Doctor Engineer, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca We use energy in buildings for conditioning the indoor microclimate in such…
Trump “energy dominance” policy pits Washington against Moscow
Last July, U.S. President Donald Trump stood beside his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, in Warsaw and promised to help wean…
Romanian Prognosis Commission revised the projection of GDP growth in 2018 to 6.1%
Romanian Prognosis Commission revised the projection of GDP growth in 2018 to 6.1% The National Prognosis Commission in Romania (CNP)…
Dow Jones closed down almost 1,200 points; Asia was also in red today
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 1,175 points on Monday, it’s largest point-drop in history, and its worst day in…