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AEI finalized the National Register of houses without electricity
Thursday, April 18, 2024
About 11,611 Romanians are not connected to the electricity grid in 2024, according to the Intelligent Energy Association (AEI). This is also due to the fact that most adults are between 50 and 96 years old, the average being at the limit of life expectancy in Romania. Worryingly, a number of 4,777 children live in these houses without electricity. About 87% of houses inhabited without electricity do not have a cadastre, which makes it difficult to ...
56 million euro contract, signed by Transelectrica, for investments in efficiency and modernization of electric transport network
Thursday, April 11, 2024
The Transelectrica National Electric Power Transmission Company signed a financing contract in the amount of 56.2 million euros, through Romania's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), on Tuesday, for the installation of photovoltaic power plants and storage facilities in 29 power stations, the modernization of the Smart SA subsidiary, the optimization of the communications network managed by Teletrans subsidiary and the creation of a data ...
Selection process of Doicesti site for implementation of SMR is in accordance with IAEA security standards
Thursday, April 11, 2024
The selection process of the site at Doicesti, southern county of Dambovita for the safe development of the first power plant with small modular reactors in Romania complies with the approach recommended by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), informs SN Nuclearelectrica SA."The IAEA's SEED (Site and External Events Design) follow-up mission concludes that the site selection process at Doicesti complies with the approach recommended by the IAEA for ...
PPC records €1.5 bn EBITDA on a pro-forma basis reinstating dividend distribution at €0.25/share
Thursday, April 11, 2024
1.1 GW of RES capacity additions and 0.9 GW of lignite out RES projects of 2.8GW in the Ready to build or Under construction stage, corresponding to approximately 70% of the residual capacity needed to achieve the target of 2026 Reduction of CO2 emissions by 34% and improvement in CDP score by four notches to ...
MONSSON connected to the National Grid , the largest Energy Battery Storage capacity in Romania
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Monsson has commissioned the largest energy battery storage capacity in Romania. The capacity is part of the first hybrid photovoltaic-wind-battery project, installed at the existing operational 50 MW project. The event brought together representatives from the authorities and business environment as well as specialists in the energy field. Among those who attended the event were: Alexandra Bocse - ...
CEZ Group In Romania Becomes EVRYO Group
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Starting last week, CEZ Group in Romania became EVRYO. “We are proud to be part of such an active industry and to ...
Transgaz Reportedly To Enter Alexandroupolis LNG Terminal Shareholding
Thursday, April 11, 2024
The shareholders of Gastrade, the company that operates the new floating LNG terminal in the Greek port of Alexandropoulis, are considering co-opting a new shareholder, considering the interest shown by Romania and North Macedonia, ...
Deputies adopted the offshore wind law, perimeters approval comes next
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Romania entered the straight line towards the production of wind energy off the Black Sea, and at the pace imposed by the bill adopted in the Chamber of Deputies, in the year 2032 we will be able to have the first MW of wind energy produced offshore in the National Energy System, said the minister Energy, Sebastian Burduja. “Romania entered the straight line towards the production ...
Grossi, IAEA: Cernavoda plant has an impeccable past in terms of safety
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Romania has a successful past when it comes to nuclear energy, and the Cernavoda Power Plant is one of the nuclear plants with the best capacity factors in the world and with an impeccable past in terms of safety, the general director said on Monday of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mariano ...
Report: Romania must use Social Climate Fund to reduce energy and transport poverty
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Romania, which will be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Social Climate Fund (SCF), must use the funds for investments that support vulnerable groups and citizens in energy or transport poverty, according to a report by the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD)quoted by www.euractiv.com. Romania will receive 9.25% (€6 billion) of the €65 billion Social Climate Fund financing package between 2026 and 2032.) Funding is intended to ...
Coal production declines 8.7pct in January 2024, imports down 48pct
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Romania's January 20024 net coal production totalled 165,700 tonnes of oil equivalent (toe), down 8.7% (minus 15,700 toe) from January 2023, according to data with the National Institute of Statistics (INS).Net coal imports were 6,400 toe in January 2024, down 5,900 toe (minus 48%) y-o-y.In its latest energy balance forecast, Romania's National Economic Strategy and Forecast Board indicates that by 2026 the dynamics of coal production and imports are expected to ...
Petrom Kicks Off €400 Million Solar Park Project In Southern Romania
Thursday, April 4, 2024
OMV Petrom oil company plans to develop a gigantic photovoltaic project, a 710 MW photovoltaic park, which is to be ready in two years. The Theia project is the name of the solar project that Petrom will develop in the south of Romania, in Teleorman county. It is about 710 MW that will be located in Teleorman county, Babaita commune, 20 km north of the ...
SOCAR strategically positions itself to become major player in Romania's energy sector
Thursday, April 4, 2024
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is one of the main players in Romania's natural gas market. This was stated by Romania's Minister of Energy, Sebastian Ioan Burduja, during the 8th session of the Joint Commission between the Governments of Azerbaijan and Romania held in Baku, Azernews reports. "Taking joint steps contributes to closer cooperation between our countries. We have similar ...
Romania successfully tests blending hydrogen in natural gas distribution grid, households
Thursday, April 4, 2024
E.ON Romania declared success in its test of blending hydrogen into the gas network and using the mixture in households. It was the first such attempt in the country, https://balkangreenenergynews.com/ reads. Delgaz Grid, E.ON Romania’s ...
EU Modernisation Fund: an open door for fossil gas in Romania
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Among the largest sources of financing for energy transition of central and eastern European countries, the €60bn Modernisation Fund remains far from the public eye. And perhaps that's one reason it is often used for financing fossil gas projects, https://euobserver.com/ ...
Romania’s pretext for not taking steps to reduce energy consumption slammed
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Romania’s justification for not implementing measures to reduce energy consumption in recent years, as other EU countries have done, is not convincing, argues Energia Inteligenta, a Romanian professional energy association quoted by www.euractiv.com. In 2022, EU countries reached a political agreement to voluntarily reduce gas demand by 15% (equivalent to 45 billion cubic metres, BCM) by spring 2023, which was exceeded by an 18% reduction (53 ...
Simtel Team bags funding for 52-MWp solar project in Romania
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Romanian technology group Simtel Team SA has secured non-refundable funding to back the construction of a 52-MWp solar park in the southern part of its home country, https://renewablesnow.com/ informs. The fresh capital will come from Romania’s National Recovery and ...
Niculescu: We will reach 200,000 prosumers at the end of the year if the current rate of growth is maintained
Thursday, March 28, 2024
There will be approximately 200,000 prosumers at the end of this year if the current rate of growth is maintained, of 4,000-5,000 prosumers per month, which shows that Romanians and companies in general are considering this measure of energy efficiency, said the president of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), George Niculescu. “On December 31, 2023, there were 110,355 prosumers ...
PPC completes acquisition of Lukoil’s 84 MW wind park
Thursday, March 28, 2024
The Greek group PPC, which bought Enel Romania last year, completed the acquisition of the 84 MW wind farm owned by Lukoil in our country. PPC plans to commission 1,300 MW of renewable capacity in Romania in just three years. PPC announces that it has completed, through its subsidiary PPC PPC Renewables, and after fulfilling the usual preconditions for such transactions set out in the previously signed agreement, the ...
Wpd to build 528 MW wind farm in north Romania
Thursday, March 28, 2024
German renewables developer wpd is preparing a 528 MW wind farm project in Romania’s Bucovina region on the border with Ukraine, https://balkangreenenergynews.com/ ...