Although there were expected about 20 small and medium-sized companies to submit their projects for the Energy Efficiency Programme the Ministry of Economy runs between 2014 and 2017, only five such companies sent their applications by the deadline set by the ministry – May 9, 2014. ...more »

Eugen Calota, Vice President of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), places energy efficiency as the most profitable resource for Romania for the coming 10-20 years, according to Agerpres....more »

In the first half of this month, the state-owned energy enterprise recorded the highest levels in the past nine years in terms of daily production, exceeding 70 GWh. In 2005 when Hidroelectrica recorded a similar perfomance, the company’s annual production came to 20.1 TWh....more »

The Control Body within the Department of Energy has completed the assessment on the costs incurred by Hidroelectrica for feasibility studies run within 2003 and 2014 period, the Department announces. Conclusions indicate that the total amount spent over the past eight years comes to 15.6 million euro, without including VAT....more »

Last week was a premiere for the biomass and biogas industry which was the center of debates within the ”Biomass, Biogas & Cogeneration Romania 2014 – National Conference”, the first event dedicated exclusively to this renewable energy sector in Romania, organized by GOVNET Conferences....more »

Constantin Nita, the Minister of Economy, said on Saturday, while visiting Targu-Jiu, that the procedures for creating the joint venture between the Oltenia Energy Complex and the Chinese company Huadian will be initiated within six weeks, according to Agerpres....more »

GOVNET Conferences continues the series of events dedicated to industries with high development potential and economic impact, this time bringing to the fore a new niche in the renewable energy market: biomass, biogas as green energy sources and cogeneration systems....more »

...more »

Romania’s Energy Regulatory Authority has released a list of 15 economic operators that have not meet the 2013 mandatory quota of green certificates they had to acquire. As they failed to comply with the ANRE’s directive in that regard, they will have to pay some 528 lei/remaining GC, a price double than the upper limit trading set for the last year – approximately 264 lei....more »

Hidroelectrica has already sold all the energy that was budgeted for sale this year following yesterday’s bid on OPCOM, the Centralized Market of Bilateral Contracts when sold almost 920 GWh for 153 million lei (about 35 million euro). ...more »