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Birchall (PSD): Romania is prepared to support projects that can consolidate EU energy security
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Social Democratic Party (PSD) Deputy Ana Birchall believes Romania is prepared to support the projects that can contribute to consolidating the energy security of the European Union. "Romania's parliamentary delegation headed by Ana Birchall, chair of the Deputies' Chamber's Committee for European affairs, participated in the Conference of Parliamentary ...
Reuters: CEE POWER-Hungary and Romania spot at big premium on import limits
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Czech and Slovak day-ahead power gained on Tuesday, as renewable output eased while Hungarian and Romanian prices remained at a big regional premium due in part to cross-border capacity cuts, traders said. On regional exchanges, Czech and Slovak electricity for Wednesday rose 8 percent to 27.51 euros ($30.59) as data from Thomson Reuters Point Carbon showed forecasts for wind generation in Germany dipping around 4 gigawatts ...
Reuters: Romania PM hopes Hidroelectrica will exit insolvency next year
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Romanian state-owned power producer Hidroelectrica will hopefully exit insolvency next year, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Wednesday, adding that the government aims to list an airport and Constanta port to strengthen the bourse. Last week Reuters reported that Hidroelectrica would not exit a court-administered insolvency process this year, as initially expected, due to lengthy legal ...
Romania’s energy strategy vexed in Brussels
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Over 130 energy policy promoters from 14 countries participated on May 26 at the fourth edition of “Romania Energy Day” event titled “The Energy Union: Challenges and Opportunities in Central and South-Eastern Europe”. The high level meeting was held at the European Parliament in Brussels, having been organized by the Romanian Energy Center (CRE) with the support of the Permanent Representation of Romania to the ...
Romania to export electricity to Turkey through submarine cable
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Romania is keen to press ahead with electricity interconnection projects in the Black Sea, such as a submarine power cable between Romania and Turkey. The venture is part of Romania’s national projects included in the 2007-2020 Energy Strategy updated for 2011-2020. The costs of the project are estimated at EUR 600 million. The cable project, which was first put forward nearly a decade ago, comes in the context of an ...
MECASOLAR supplies 2-axis trackers to solar PV plant in Romania totalling 1 MW
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Mecasolar (Fustiñana, Spain) has supplied 97 dual axis solar photovoltaic (PV) trackers to a new project in Romania. The solar facility in Miroslava, 400 km away from Bucharest, is one of the biggest PV power plants in the country. It will be connected to the grid at the end of June. The PV plant, which is expected to have an annual solar power output of 1,700 MWh, features 97 10,31 kWp 2-Axis trackers and more than 4,170 PV ...
ROMANIAN ENERGY EFFICIENCY SUMMIT 2015 CALL FOR ACTION IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Thursday, June 4, 2015
* June,12, 2015, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Bucharest The Diplomat-Bucharest organizesROMANIAN ENERGY EFFICIENCY SUMMIT 2015 on June 12, at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Bucharest, on the topic of the current guidelines of Energy Efficiency ...
Energy prices in the EU: Household electricity prices in the EU rose by 2.9% in 2014; Gas prices up by 2.0% in the EU
Thursday, May 28, 2015
In the European Union (EU), household electricity prices 1 rose by 2.9% on average between the second half of 2013 and the second half of 2014 to reach €20.8 per 100 kWh. Since 2008, electricity prices in the EU have increased by more than 30%. According to Eurostat data, across the EU Member States, household electricity prices in the second half of 2014 ranged from €9 per 100 kWh in Bulgaria to more than €30 per 100 kWh in ...
E.ON Romania estimates for this year a 6 per cent increase in the price of natural gas
Thursday, May 28, 2015
E.ON Romania estimates for this year a 6 per cent increase in the sales in the natural gas sector and a 9 per cent sale increase in the electricity sector, E.ON Romania CEO Frank Hajdinjak told a press conference on Monday. "We estimate higher sales by 9 per cent on the electricity segment and by ...
Reuters: Romania to Send Oil and Gas Royalty Tax Law to Parliament in September
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Romania's government will send a draft law on royalty taxes for the oil and gas sector to parliament in September, Deputy Finance Minister Dan Manolescu told an energy seminar on Monday. The new tax system will likely include differentiated royalties for onshore and offshore extraction and will apply only to new contracts. It will also include a levy on profit from upstream activities, in addition to the global flat 16 percent ...
Greenpeace report: Weak EU coal pollution standards could cause 71,000 avoidable deaths
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Weak coal pollution standards being considered by the EU could result in 71,000 preventable deaths across Europe, due to increased risk of stroke, heart disease, asthma and other illnesses associated with air pollution, the press release sent to ACTMedia informs. These are the findings of a study commissioned by Greenpeace and the European Environmental Bureau [1]. The additional drain on health services and the loss of over 23 million working ...
ForMin Aurescu signs joint declaration of Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia on natural gas transmission in Riga
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu on Thursday in Riga signed a joint declaration of Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia on natural gas transmission, as part of his participation in a summit of the EU's Eastern Partnership. Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) reported on Friday in a release that the document was initiated as part of regional and ...
Recolamp had revenues worth approximately 6 million lei in 2014
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Waste collecting association Recolamp had revenues worth approximately 6 million lei in 2014 from the Green Stamp tax of 0.9 lei (plus VAT) charged on each equipment sold by the producers under the association's umbrella, and half of this amount was allocated to logistics expenditures, shows the organisation's annual activity report released on ...
Romania's energy Min wants a balanced, competitive and technologically neutral energy mix
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Romania's Minister of energy Andrei Gerea presented Romania’s energy policy in European context and the national objectives in the field of energy and environment. “Our main concern is to ensure energy security in this part of Europe. We want Romania to ensure a balanced, competitive and technologically neutral energy mix where renewable energy sources and nuclear energy could contribute to achieving energy and climate targets set at European and national ...
Romania’s primary energy resources up by 4.8 pct in Q1
Thursday, May 28, 2015
According to a press release of the National Statistics Institute, primary energy resources increased by 4.8 percent in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014, amounting 8.294 million tones of oil equivalent. Electricity resources increased by 5.1 percent. Domestic production amounting 5.7132 million tones of oil equivalent, increased by 4.9 percent, while the imports increased by 4.5 percent. In the ...
Reuters: Romania's Hidroelectrica to stay in insolvency process this year
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Romanian state-owned power producer Hidroelectrica will not exit a court-administered insolvency process this year, as initially expected, due to lengthy legal challenges, its manager told Reuters on Tuesday. The European Union state's largest and cheapest power producer was pushed back into insolvency for the second time in early 2014, and is being run by a court-appointed ...
Eldorado Gold Announces Positive Feasibility Study on Certej Project
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Eldorado Gold Corporation ("Eldorado" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce the completion of the Feasibility Study ("FS" or the "Study") with its' subsidiary, Deva Gold S.A., for the 80.5%-owned Certej project ("Certej" or the "Project") in Romania. The Study was led by an internal team with technical support provided by various Canadian and Romanian consultants. The Certej project is located in the southern part of the Apuseni Mountains in central Romania, ...
Romania’s energy regulator releases Q1 monitoring report
Thursday, May 28, 2015
The National Authority for Energy Regulation (ANRE) has published the monitoring report of the support scheme for promotion of cogeneration based on thermo energy demand in Q1 2015. According to it, the total value of contributions invoiced to consumers drops by 28 percent. The bonus type support scheme is designed to promote systems for the production of electricity and heat in cogeneration, to encourage new ...
Biomass, Biogas and Cogeneration - Romania 2015 National Conference and Networking Forum - June 11,2015 in Bucharest
Thursday, May 28, 2015
The considerable development potential of Biomass & Cogeneration energy in Romania will be debated at the Biomass, Biogas and Cogeneration - Romania 2015 National Conference, that will take place on June 11, 2015 in Bucharest, organised Govnet Conferences together with ARPEE under the auspices of ANRE. Leading energy specialists, representing the most important investors and plant operators in Biomass and Biogas are expected to attend ...
Reuters: Ukraine eyes gas imports from Romania
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Ukraine is interested in importing Romanian natural gas to diversify its supplies, a senior Ukrainian energy official said on Tuesday. "They (Romania) are looking for a market, while this gas is interesting for us as a diversification (of supplies)," Ihor Prokopiv, the president of Ukraine's gas transport monopoly Ukrtransgaz, told ...