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 »

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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 »

Chevron received its second construction permit for a shale gas exploration well in Puiesti, Vaslui County. The local authorities have authorized the exploration project after more than half a year after starting the related procedures, Mediafax informs. Earlier this year, on January 30, the local Environmental Protection Agency issued an environmental permit for Chevron, authorizing drilling operations in the perimeter....more »

Hidroelectrica concluded 29 contracts for the sale of some 615.7 GWh, following bids on OPCOM (the Centralized Market of Bilateral Contracts) held on April 3 and 4, respectively, for an average price of 163.3 lei/MWh, consequently, the total value of those contracts comes to some 105 million lei....more »