Protests of the miners in the Jiu Valley – nearly 300 could be laid-off
The miners from the Paroseni and Uricani coal mines in the Jiu Valley sparked a spontaneous protest on Monday and…
EU state aid rules could frustrate German coal plant operators’ compensation hopes – NGO
Bogdan Tudorache Compensating German coal plant operators for taking their facilities off the grid during the country’s coal exit could…
CE Hunedoara goes into insolvency, Valea Jiului Energy Complex appears
Bogdan Tudorache A final sentence of the Alba Iulia Court of Appeal opens the possibility of insolvency of the Hunedoara…
Chiriţoiu: We can find a solution to subsidize the CEO activity
The merger between Oltenia Energy Complex (CEO) and Hidroelectrica is based on a “naive” idea, said the president of the…
FP: Merger with CE Oltenia would only reduce the performance of Hidroelectrica
Bogdan Tudorache An eventual merger of the CE Oltenia with Hidroelectrica would affect the performance of the hydro energy producing…
Poland defies Brussels by vowing to stick to coal
Poland plans to prioritise curbing its reliance on Russian energy — and so continuing its dependence on coal — over…
Sorin Boza supports the joint statement made at the Warsaw Energy Summit
Bogdan Tudorache The statement of the Warsaw summit is “a great step forward for all coal-producing countries”, says CE Oltenia…
Germany’s largest lignite company RWE says it will be carbon neutral by 2040
Europe’s biggest CO2 polluter, RWE, aims to become carbon neutral within 20 years as it shuts its coal power plants…
Virgil Popescu: Redemption of FP shares in CE Oltenia and Hidroelectrica would cost over 1 bln. euro
The possible merger between Hidroelectrica and the Oltenia Energy Complex (CEO), announced Monday by the authorities, was blamed by Virgil…
Government intends to promote a support scheme for the CE Oltenia
The Government intends to promote a support scheme for the CE Oltenia (CEO), whereby, for ten years, all Romanian consumers…
The energy transition could create in the Jiu Valley about 3,000 jobs
Bogdan Tudorache The organizations Greenpeace Romania and Bankwatch Romania have launched the report “Fair transition in Hunedoara – Economic diversification,…
Court orders operations at German coal mine halted over environmental concerns
A major lignite (brown coal) mine in eastern Germany will have to halt regular operation on 1 September after a…
CE Hunedoara shuts down Mintia power plant for 12 days, accuses poor railway infrastructure
The Mintia power plant will be closed for 12 days, between August 23 and September 3. The management of the…
CE Oltenia: Gross profit up 438%
On July 30, 2019, the Oltenia Energy Complex registered a gross profit of 188.98 million lei (+438%) and a turnover…
Funds for structural change in German coal regions in dispute
Federal finance minister Olaf Scholz has ignited doubts about where a promised 40 billion euros of support for German regions…
Agora Energiewende: Germany’s coal phase-out, very little impact on pricing
Germany’s coal phase-out and the continued rollout of renewables will only have “very little” impact on electricity prices, according to…
CE Oltenia held the SB meeting two days earlier; Boza denies accusations in the press
The fate of the current management of the CE Oltenia should have been decided on Wednesday, August 7, but the…
German lignite plants loss sum up to 600 mln. Euro in H1
Germany’s fleet of lignite power stations has likely lost more than 600 million euros in the first half of 2019,…
Gas price and CO2 certificates drove heating companies to the limit of survival
The gas price has driven heating companies to the limit of survival, Doru Vișan, state secretary at the Ministry of…
Germany accounts for one third of EU coal power generation despite 2019 drop
Power generation from coal was down 19 percent in Europe, and 22 percent in Germany, in the first six months…
The Academy for Renewable Energy and Electricity Distribution starts recruitment
The Academy for Renewable Energy and Electricity Distribution will start in August recruiting for the first Jiu Valley miners to…
Gheorghe Ştirbu – the new chairman of the Supervisory Board of the CE Oltenia; Marius Dumitrascu gave up his mandate
At the meeting of the Supervisory Board of the Oltenia Energy Complex dated 26.07.2019, Mr. Stirbu Gheorghe was elected as…
EU coal regions could deploy 730 GW of PV while retaining employment rates, study finds
A study performed by the Joint Research Center of the European Commission has identified serious solar potential in Europe’s coal…