Green hydrogen is a premium product, impossible to use on a large scale in the gas grid in 2026
Hydrogen from renewable energy is a premium and expensive product, which makes it impossible to switch from gas to hydrogen…
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A national Building Renovation Plan will only work based on a cross party platform
Renovation rates in Romania are low and barely sufficient to meet the country’s and the EU’s energy savings and emission…
EPG Summer School 2024 (7th edition): „Europe 2040: Smart Energy Systems for a Sustainable Future”
The Energy Policy Group (EPG) is organizing the seventh edition of the EPG Summer School. Registrations are open until April…
EPG’s latest report aims at changing focus from myths to optimal use of hydrogen
Most of the public conversation on hydrogen is misplaced, suggests the latest report released by Energy Policy Group (EPG). The…
Mihnea Cătuți (EPG): Romania could need 70 GW of green energy in 2050
Romania will need large amounts of hydrogen in 2050, and to produce this fuel will also require significant renewable energy…
Decarbonization of steel production, a challenge for the future of Romanian industry
Romania’s steel sector is responsible for approximately 6.3% of national carbon dioxide emissions, and in these conditions the decarbonization of…
The balance between costs and benefits – Liliești School the benchmark
OMV Petrom and Energy Policy Group (EPG) recently announced the completion of the renovation and rehabilitation works of the Liliești…
10 modernization works for energy efficiency – the model of Liliești Secondary School, Băicoi (Prahova)
OMV Petrom and Energy Policy Group (EPG) recently announced the completion of the renovation and rehabilitation works of the Liliești…
2023, an essential year for the approval of legislation in the offshore wind sector
This year is essential for offshore wind investors “to finalize the law…the maritime plan and the list of necessary authorizations…which…
EPG: Romania needs 15 GW of offshore wind power, it must partner with Bulgaria
Offshore wind power has a major role to play in Europe’s goals to reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports and…
Energy Efficiency in Buildings: The stick is not working, and neither is the carrot
The Romanian authorities are late in upgrading the methodologies and standards relevant to buildings from an energy efficiency perspective. Also,…
OMV Petrom supports with 4 million euros more the new stage of the Efficient Romania program, run by EPG
The Efficient Romania program, launched by OMV Petrom together with EPG in 2019 continues with additional funding of 4 million…
EPG launches District heating in national Long-Term Strategies report
EPG is releasing its latest report, District heating in national Long-Term Strategies, which analyses the Long-Term Strategies for climate neutrality…
Radu Dudău: We hope for a positive result of the strategic project of the Black Sea gas
Romania’s Parliament is finally moving at a record speed on the Black Sea gas strategic project and we hope for…
Renovated school at almost zero energy consumption standards (nZEB), part of România Eficientă project
OMV Petrom and Energy Policy Group (EPG) announce the completion of modernization and rehabilitation works at „Elie Radu” Energy Technology…
România Eficientă inaugurated the building renovated to nZEB standard at “Elie Radu” high school – a national premiere
România Eficientă, the largest national private project dedicated to energy efficiency in buildings, carried out by Energy Policy Group (EPG)…
EPG: Romania should join a climate club, by assuming the EU’s ambition for climate neutrality by 2050
Romania needs to become a more active, informed and committed participant in measures to combat climate change, and the next…
New targets for the energy efficiency of buildings
The European Commission has proposed several amendments to the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, which will be discussed on December…
Hydrogen – first elements of a strategy for Romania
There seems to be a level of confusion among domestic actors about the role that hydrogen is to play in…
Efficient Romania: From 2030, all new buildings could have zero carbon emissions
The European Commission proposes that, from 2030, all new buildings and those undergoing major renovation should have zero carbon emissions,…
Nagy-Bege: It is clear that we are in the middle of a crisis, competition in the retail market has disappeared
Prices have passed from an extreme value to another, and currently they have reached values that were unimaginable two years…
Eric Stab: A colder winter would drain gas deposits – we could have high prices in the summer
A colder winter could drain gas deposits and cause higher demand for natural gas in the summer, so gas prices…
Ministry of Energy will finalize the hydrogen strategy next year
Removing coal and switching to gas and renewables is an urgent priority, and the Ministry of Energy will finalize the…