Law 122/2015 for the approval of some measures for promoting electricity from renewable energy sources and also for amending and supplementing some normative acts was published in the Official Gazette. The purpose of this law is to revitalize the renewable energy market and support the companies owning projects from renewable energy sources with capacities smaller than 3 MW by enabling them the possibility to sign bilateral agreements....more »

Due to the nineteen ongoing processes, the exit from insolvency for Hidroelectrica is not possible says Remus Borza, the Director General of the energy producer. "The processes progressing very slowly. It will not come out of insolvency for sure this year. Hopefully next year," said Borza....more »

The National Authority for Energy Regulation (ANRE) has published on its website the monitoring report of the support scheme for promotion of cogeneration based on thermo energy demand in the first quarter of 2015, showing that the total value of contributions invoiced to consumers is lowered by 28 percent. From the comparison of 2014 to 2013 the report observed that the total amount of contributions invoiced consumers and suppliers exporters fell mainly due to lower contribution amount for cogeneration in the second half of 2014, compared to 2013....more »

The investment agreement with the Chinese company China General Nuclear Power Corporation, the investor selected for the development of units 3 and 4 at CNE Cernavoda, could be finalized by the end of the year says Energy Minister Andrei Gerea .Nuclearelectrica and China General Nuclear Power Corporation signed last year a letter of intent to proceed. The project for units 3 and 4 was evaluated in October last year, to EUR 6.45 billion, but the feasibility study which determined the investment required will be reviewed, according to Agerpres. The agreement between the two companies should have been signed in December last year, but the project is out of the schedule originally announced....more »

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, in the joint press conference with the Romanian and the Serbian Prime Ministers in Craiova, said that South Stream should have been built without the EU's third energy package and that there currently isn't any contract signed by Bulgaria or Russia. The Bulgarian Prime Minister insisted on pointing out that he supports the Nabucco project, which doesn't cause any inconvenience to the South Stream project, but about which, "unfortunately, no one talks any longer."...more »

While these days modern lighting is equivalent to using LED equipment, the technology developments achieved in recent years have brought this concept a step forward: to “connected lighting”, the future in this industry, according to Bogdan Balaci, Commercial Leader of Philips Lighting for SEE, who presented the company's innovations in this area, during a media conference....more »

Romania's main natural gas producer, Romgaz, commissioned in March 2015 two new gas accumulations in the Moldavian Platform and in the Transylvanian Basin, which are currently under test....more »

Canada-based oil and gas company Sterling Resources has announced the sale of its Romanian business to Carlyle International Energy Partners, an affiliate of the global energy concern Carlyle Group....more »

Romania's net electricity exports totaled 7.1 Twh in 2014, 3.5 times higher compared to the previous year, according to the results presented by Transelectrica, the domestic system and transmission operator....more »

Romania's attractiveness in terms of investment destination for renewable energy projects is still declining according to EY’s latest Renewable energy country attractiveness index (RECAI) which ranks our country the 35th, down three positions compared to the previous report....more »