Virgil Popescu and Hungarian Foreign Minister discuss Black Sea gas and BRUA pipeline
The Minister of Energy, Virgil Popescu, had a working meeting on Thursday with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign…
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Patres: Micro hydropower plants will go bankrupt due to taxes levied by the Romanian Waters Administration
Producers who have invested in micro hydropower centrals (MHCs) will go bankrupt this year due to taxes levied by Apele…
Virgil Popescu: The budget is not an austerity one, many investments are made outside it
The budget for 2021 is not one of austerity, but it does not satisfy everyone either, and although the ministers…
Popescu: The offshore law will be amended in 2021, but the exploitation of Neptun Deep can only start in 2024-25
Amending the Offshore Law will take place later this year, but the exploitation of Black Sea gas cannot start earlier…
V. Popescu: Listing of some minority shares on the stock exchange does not mean privatization, but the chance for modernization
The listing on the stock exchange of some minority packages of shares in state companies does not mean privatization, but…
Claudiu Crețu: Elcen will rent modular capacities only for next winter, implementation would take 2-3 months
Electrocentrale Bucureşti (Elcen) will rent modular thermal energy production capacities only for next winter, as the commissioning works would have…
Minister of Energy: We have a big problem with the emigration of human resources from the nuclear field
The biggest problem of the nuclear sector in Romania is the human resource, in the conditions in which people are…
V. Popescu: The suppliers have voluntarily committed to grant discount to the universal service consumers
Home energy consumers who have not changed the contract will pay in the next six months the lowest price offered…
V. Popescu: Listing Hidroelectrica with a minority stake does not mean privatization, but modernization
Bogdan Tudorache The government is working on a new package of measures that could unlock the privatization of Hidroelectrica, market…
Ministry of Energy: Romania is ready for the cold period
Romania is ready for the cold period we are going through, and the National Natural Gas Transmission System, as well…
V. Popescu: “I would not send 6 mln. people to change their contracts in a month”
Bogdan Tudorache Consumers must benefit from good price offers, and the Minister of Energy, Virgil Popescu, stated that there will…
Changes in the Steering Committee for the implementation of the SNN Units 3 and 4 Project
Bogdan Tudorache The composition of the Strategic Coordination Committee for the implementation of the SNN Units 3 and 4 Project…
V. Popescu: The vulnerable energy consumer will be subsidized
The draft law that defines the vulnerable consumer of energy will be approved as soon as possible, and the people…
Virgil Popescu solution: Automatic transfer to the cheapest offers of the incumbent suppliers
The automatic switching of consumers from the regulated electricity market to the universal service market is not normal, according to…
Nicolescu: The new government program does not bring anything notable in the energy field
Bogdan Tudorache The new governing program proposed by the ruling coalition, practically copied from the old programs and strategies, gets…
MPs to vote for the government led by premier-designate Florin Cîțu
The Parliament resulted after the elections on December 6, convenes today to validate the list of ministers and the governing…
It’s official: Brussels has accepted gas as a transition solution for Romania
Bogdan Tudorache The European Union will take into account the specific energy of each country, and Romania will have the…
Eximbank USA might co-finance the Neptun Deep project with Romgaz
Virgil Popescu, Minister of Economy, Energy and Business Environment had a working meeting yesterday with a delegation of Eximbank USA,…
Adrian Zuckerman: Exim US’s intention is to provide $7 bln. in funding lines
The Ambassador of the United States of America to Romania, Adrian Zuckerman, paid a working visit to the Iron Gates,…
COS Târgovişte assets will be taken over by the state via a debt-equity swap with ANAF
The functional assets of COS Târgovişte will be taken over by the state in account of the debts owed to…
Minister of Economy: We will not have the capacity to absorb European money without the massive digitalization of the administration
The biggest danger for Romania’s economy is that we cannot organize, so that we have the administrative capacity to absorb…
Virgil Popescu: Elcen submitted 3 projects for the modernization of power plants; these will lower the price of a GC
Elcen has submitted three projects to modernize and increase the efficiency of the Progresu, CET West and CET Sud power…
Cîţu: We found solutions to get Elcen out of insolvency
The Minister of Public Finance, Florin Cîţu, announced on Thursday that solutions have been found to remove Elcen from insolvency,…