Romania has an electricity production capacity of 18,545 MW
Romania has a total electricity production capacity of 18,545 MW, most of which are hydro and coal-fired power plants, according…
CE Oltenia restructuring, greenlighted
The Emergency Ordinance on the establishment of the legal framework for granting state aid for the restructuring of the Oltenia…
It’s official: We reopen the coal, 600 miners will be hired; offshore law ready
The president of PNL, Florin Cîţu, said today that Romania already has alternative sources to the fuels from Russia to…
Coal is back in the spotlight
All of Europe is anxiously checking the storage levels of its gas depots these days as Russia’s ongoing invasion of…
Gov’t grants new subsidies to district heating system, including city halls with surplus budgets
Romanian Government has announced that it will also subsidize the purchase of fuel oil from centralized heat producers. Thus, the…
Romanian NRRP Financing Guides for 1.25 GW new capacities and 1 billion euro state aid
The Romanian Ministry of Energy has released for public debate a set of documents, including the Financing Guides, description of…
NRRP – Investment Guide for high-efficiency cogeneration for district heating in Romania
Romania provides 390 million euros for the production of electricity and heat in cogeneration of high efficiency in district heating.…
Eurostat: Fossil fuels ratio in gross energy available in the EU has fallen significantly in recent decades
The share of fossil fuels within the gross energy available in the European Union stood at 70% in 2020 (compared…
Financing plus technical expertise for energy efficiency, from FREE
Adrian Ghiță, Executive Director of the Romanian Fund for Energy Efficiency presented the financing/credit offer of FREE and some of…
Coal continues to benefit from huge funding, despite the green transition
Coal, the most polluting fossil fuel, continues to raise billions of dollars worth of funding, despite promises by the industry…
Elcen ordered the full payment of the sums of money owed to the creditors
Sierra Quadrant, Elcen’s judicial administrator, on Thursday ordered the full payment of the money owed to the company’s creditors. The…
Dominic Fritz: The people of Timisoara subsidize the price in Bucharest, while they are in the cold
The mayor of Timisoara, Dominic Fritz, requested another 130 million lei from the Government to cover the costs of district…
Gov’t approves new 82 mln. euro subsidies for cogeneration projects
Romanian government approved two state aid schemes targeting projects in cogeneration, biomass, biogas and geothermal, the executive announced. The projects…
Gov’t will give more money to city halls so that district heating systems do not collapse
The amounts paid from the state budget for the mayoralties that do not have the money to buy the gas…
Elcen is initiating proceedings for getting out of insolvency
Electrocentrale Bucureşti SA (Elcen), the main supplier of thermal agent for the centralized heat supply system in Bucharest and one…
Michal Wendolowski (Bellona Europa): An EU strategy for CCS would help a lot, as the focus has changed
Looking forward to see more development around Carbon Capture & Storage – CCS in the wider Central and Eastern European…
Sierra Quadrant ends negotiations with the City Hall for the transfer of ELCEN to Termoenergetica
Sierra Quadrant has notified the City Hall of the Capital (PMB) that it had terminated negotiations on the transfer of…
Elsaco and Energomontaj to bring geothermal energy in the Nufărul district of Oradea
The municipality of Oradea has signed a contract with Elsaco Electronic and Energomontaj for almost 90 million lei (excluding VAT)…
CE Oltenia will be restructured with OMV Petrom and Tinmar Energy; a new call for investors is scheduled for February
The Oltenia Energy Complex is in negotiations with the companies with which it will partner for the construction of photovoltaic…
Romania, from a possible regional hub to a country of energy subsistence
The Romanian energy system is in a state of “subsistence”, says Dumitru Chisăliță, president of the Intelligent Energy Association. Thus,…
Eurostat: Fossil fuels have continued their downward trend in the 2020 mix
Although oil (34.5%) and natural gas (23.7%) were still the most important energy source in the EU’s energy mix in…
Dacia School in Oradea – energy consumption reduced by 50% after thermal rehabilitation
Dacia Gymnasium School in Oradea was thermally rehabilitated in a project to increase energy efficiency carried out by Oradea City…
Finacon will update the energy efficiency plan of Timișoara
Finacon International Consulting SRL from Bucharest will perform the management services from the energy efficiency improvement program (PIEE) for Timișoara,…