Energy strategy discovers again the Hidro Tarnita project
The Ministry of Energy has set up a working group to update the draft of Romania’s Energy Strategy for the…
Competition works, but liberalization is still far from being completed (EBC, Aug 30)
This is the brief description of the situation in Romania’s energy markets – electricity and natural gas, a description which…
Calotă, ANRE: The rising price of heating had to be done; the subsidy could be accompanied by a decrease in VAT
The fact that the Bucharest City Hall voted on Wednesday to increase the heating tariffs granted by Radet to Bucharest…
Germans expect plan for coal exit from next government
Almost 72 percent of Germans say that the next government should decide on a timetable for the country’s coal exit,…
Bucharest City Hall votes on rising heating tariffs tomorrow, subsidies may increase by more than 30 million euros
Bogdan Tudorache Bucharest City Hall votes the increase of heating tariffs granted by Radet to Bucharest customers tomorrow, of up…
4 years’ space for the coal and gas-fired power units to meet the lower EU emission standards
The European Commission published on Thursday tighter new standards for the bloc’s most polluting power plants, including many large coal-fired…
CupruMin is profitable, will remain majoritary in state’s ownership
The state will remain the majority shareholder, „without any doubt”, at Cupru Min Abrud, a company that exploits the Roșia…
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…
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…
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.…