Virgil Popescu: Surge in energy prices on the wholesale market will not be found entirely in the population’s bills
Recent increases in the wholesale markets for electricity and natural gas will not be found entirely in the population’s bills…
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Virgil Popescu: There are no problems with fuel stocks
Minister of Energy, Virgil Popescu, announced on Thursday that there are no problems with the fuel stocks, after the working…
Energy Minister: OMV can’t sell Petrom shares without the consent of the Romanian state
OMV cannot sell the shares from Petrom to another company without the consent of the Romanian state, wrote on Facebook…
Virgil Popescu: With the Green Deal, there is an urgent need to strengthen the electricity transmission grid
Strengthening the electricity transmission grid is becoming an urgent necessity, along with the Green Deal, writes the Minister of Energy,…
A working group was set up to approve projects under measure 10C
The Minister of Energy, Virgil Popescu, approved the establishment of a working group at the level of the ministry to…
Romania’s natural gas distribution network has increased 4 times in 30 years
Romania’s natural gas distribution network has increased 4 times in the last three decades, from 10,772 kilometers in 1990 to…
V. Popescu: The renewables target has already been increased to 34%
Minister of Energy Virgil Popescu had meetings with members of the European Commission in which he detailed the projects from…
New memorandum for the miners from the Jiu Valley
Minister of Energy, Virgil Popescu, and the president of the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS), Dumitru Costin, signed on Friday…
Virgil Popescu: Bulgaria – Greece gas interconnector will be completed by July 2022
The Bulgaria-Greece gas interconnector will be completed by July 2022, so that the Romanian BRUA pipeline will be able to…
V. Popescu: We want to lure in US investors in green energy projects
Romania wants to lure US investors in green energy and offshore wind projects, wrote on Facebook the Minister of Energy,…
Minister: Mintia and CE Hunedoara were “robbed”; Mintia is looking for an investor for the 800 MW unit
Bogdan Tudorache The Minister of Energy, Virgil Popescu, stated on Tuesday that the Mintia thermal power plant is a strategic…
Virgil Popescu: Energy strategy has entered the inter-ministerial approval, Romgaz’ hydrogen project will get 50% state aid
The energy strategy left the Ministry of Energy and entered the inter-ministerial approval procedure to be approved by the Government…
Minister of Energy: Over 95% of Romanians want to expand gas networks with state funding
Over 95% of Romanians want to expand state-funded gas networks, which means that people support the current government’s policy of…
Transelectrica: Closing the 400kV ring in Banat will allow the installation of 1GW of renewables
Bogdan Tudorache With the transition to 400 kV of the entire Banat Axis, from the Iron Gates to Arad, in…
Virgil Popescu: Romania has escaped numerous causes of infringement
Romania has been “in breach of proceedings, in certain cases, in the field of energy”, but “this is no longer…
V. Popescu: Green energy producers will also have storage, 1.6 bln. euro projects through PNRR
PNRR finances, in the field of energy, projects in the amount of approximately 1.6 billion euros, said the Minister of…
Virgil Popescu: Romania is an official member of the International Energy Forum
Romania is an official member of the International Energy Forum, the confirmation being received on Monday, the Minister of Energy,…
Popescu: Law that prevents the privatization of Hidroelectrica, eliminated until July; offshore law, accelerated
Energy Minister Virgil Popescu announced that Romania intends to accelerate the process of eliminating the ban that prevents the sale…
Virgil Popescu: Romgaz and Nuclearelectrica will not pay dividends of 90% of the profit
Romanian government will not ask Romgaz and Nuclearelectrica to increase, from 50% to 90%, the share of profits for 2020…
Nagy-Bege: Suppliers are free to have their own strategy, state should not intervene
Energy suppliers are free to have any strategy they want and no state institution has the right to intervene if…
Virgil Popescu: EBRD expressed its support and openness to contribute to the modernization of the Romanian energy sector
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has expressed its support and openness to contribute to the modernization of the Romanian…
Virgil Popescu: We suspect a cartel between electricity suppliers, who thought we would return to regulated prices
The Ministry of Energy suspects an illegal cartel agreement between the energy suppliers, as they did not purchase electricity for…
Romanian Gov’t to approve the Energy Strategy and PNIESC this month
The Romanian Government will approve in the last meeting of this month both Romania’s Energy Strategy and the National Integrated…