Renewables
Offshore U.S. wind farm project uses Tesla batteries to store power
Tesla’s energy business is focused in part on solar power generation, but a big component of the business hopes to…
Coal production up 13% during the first five months
The coal production of Romania in the first five months of the year totaled 1,864 million tons of oil equivalent,…
Royalties and Mine Law, subject to public consultation this August
The minister of Economy Mihai Fifor announced that he intends to submit to public debate the Mining Law, the Mineral…
Enel starts operating 190 million dollars wind farm in Brazil
Enel, through its Brazilian renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power Brasil Participações (“EGPB”), has begun operation of its Cristalandia wind farm,…
The Petrom-Transeastern wind transaction offers the market a very low reference price – expert
Transeastern has offered Petrom for the 45 MW Dorobantu Park, a price of nearly 511.000 euros per MW, after investors…
Energy Ministry to allott 11.4 mln. RON for a minefield expropriation
The Ministry of Energy has initiated a draft Government Decision which stipulates the allocation of 11,4 million lei for the…
ELCEN’s profit up 83% to 36 million euro in H1
Electrocentrale Bucuresti S.A. (ELCEN) company, insolvent since October 2016, recorded in the first six months of 2017 a 165 million…
Northern Europe has too many wind farms, Southern – too few
Europe’s wind farms are too heavily concentrated in countries bordering the North Sea and need to be spread more evenly…
Angela Merkel might announce Germany’s coal exit
Chancellor Angela Merkel appears to have signalled the end of brown coal in Germany, Michael Bauchmüller writes in Süddeutsche Zeitung.…
Solar power gets $46 million boost from US Energy Department
The U.S. Energy Department awarded $46.2 million in research grants to improve solar energy technologies and reduce costs to 3…
Electrica becomes a multi-utilities, it will also deliver gas
Electrica intends to move towards the multi-utilities concept and in the coming weeks it will obtain the gas supply license,…
Saudi Aramco to inject 300 bln. USD in its oil and gas opps
Saudi Aramco plans to invest some $300 billion in the coming decade to maintain its oil production capacity, and pursue…
CEZ ended 2016 with losses worth about 50 mln. euro in Romania
CEZ has registered losses of 229 million lei last year in Romania, after a negative outcome of 410 million lei…
Competition to approve RADET – ELCEN merger
“I see signals coming from the press, I have not received anything official yet and I cannot even pronounce myself…
Enel invests 300 mln. euro into Greece’s largest wind project
Enel, through its Greek renewables subsidiary Enel Green Power Hellas (EGPH), has started construction of the Kafireas wind power complex…
Coal production up 7%, imports dropped drastically
Romania’s net coal production in the first four months of the year totaled 1.461 million tonnes of oil equivalent, being…
3SUN or the Enel Green Power’s Italian model for PV innovation
The 3SUN company, the Enel Green Power’s photovoltaic module producer, has launched the AMPERE project – Automated Photovoltaic and Panel…
Monsson looks for 200 wind technicians and engineers
Monsson Operation, a company member of Monsson Group, which offers services in the wind turbine operation, maintenance and service segments…