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New Report Says Natural Gas Is Becoming a “Focal Point” of Global Energy Supply and Demand
Thursday, November 14, 2013
A century ago, Edison’s electric light bulb switched off millions of gas lamps illuminating streets, squares and railway stations around the world, and put gas works effectively out of business. But a new GE study titled the Age of ...
Shale gas firms face EU methane emissions regulation
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Shale gas companies operating in Europe will soon have to monitor, log and account for methane emissions at drill sites or else face regulation, the EU’s top climate officer has said. The amount of methane released into the atmosphere during shale gas drills is disputed, with one new industry-funded report suggesting it could be less than previously thought.But asked whether there should be mandatory testing ...
Nuclearelectrica runs internal investigation following several technical problems that occurred at its units in Cernavoda
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Romanian nuclearpower company Nuclearelectrica is running an internal investigation to discover the causes that led to the technical problems in the latest interval at its nuclear reactors at the Cernavoda-based (southeastern Romania) nuclear plant, Daniela Lulache, CEO of Nuclearelectrica told a specialized conference.'We are currently running an internal investigation, because we are the first that need to know what it's happening. ...
Romanian-Moldovan project of over 1 bln euros for installing hydropower stations on Prut River, discussed in Chisinau
Thursday, November 7, 2013
The members of the Joint Committee for European Integration (CCIE) in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova and in the Romanian Parliament discussed on Tuesday, in Chisinau, about a project to install 13 hydropower stations on the Prut River, a project that would cost over one billion euros.The project was proposed by Florin Constantinescu, Deputy Speaker of the Romanian Senate and the co-chair of the CCIE. Constantinescu told the ...
IMF in no position to make recommendations on Rosia Montana project (Tolosa)
Thursday, November 7, 2013
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in no position to make the Romanian Government recommendations on Rosia Montana project, since this project has implications that go beyond the IMF expertise area, the IMF Resident Representative in Romania Guillermo Tolosa told a news conference on Tuesday, in speaking of planned gold mining in western Romania.He added the economic advantages of such project are obvious and its impact on the ...
Environment Minister Rovana Plumb: Ministry has not given environment consent to Rosia Montana project
Thursday, November 7, 2013
The Ministry of the Environment has not given the environment consent and has made no derogation form the environment legislation in force as regards the mining project at Rosia Montana (western Romania), said Minister of the Environment Rovana Plumb at the Parliament Palace on Thursday.'The Ministry of the Environment has not given the environment consent and has made no derogation from the environment legislation in force as concerns ...
Researcher Cosmin Sicora plans to turn solar energy into hydrogen, by photosynthesis
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Transforming solar energy into hydrogen by photosynthesis as an inexhaustible source of renewable energy that could replace dependence on fossil fuels, conserving the existing genetic basis in case of fruit trees and vegetables in the villages of Salaj, but especially the transformation of the largest and best preserved baroque monument in Transylvania, the Wesselenyi castle, into an international center for advanced studies in the field of ...
Energy resources, primary energy production in Romania decrease in 2012
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Romania's energy resources recorded in 2012 a decrease by 2.4% from the previous year, whilst primary energy production went down by 1.3%, show the data released by the National Statistics Institute /INS/.According to the quoted source, the energy resources available totaled, in 2012, 43.4 million tonnes of oil equivalent (toe), down by 1,055 million toe (-2.4%) compared to 2011, mainly due to the decrease in primary energy ...
Climate Action Brings Big Benefits to Human Health
Thursday, November 7, 2013
WB New Report -- On Thin Ice: How Cutting Pollution can Slow Warming and Save Lives Fast action to cut common pollutants like soot - also known as black carbon - and methane will not only slow global warming, but save millions of lives, the World Bank new report reads. Reductions of these so-called short-lived ...
Romania should focus more on use of biomass
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Energy production from biomass should be of a greater interest to Romania, in conditions in which, nationwide, there is a huge number of unused land, said on Friday, in a specialized conference, Manuela Draghicescu, executive director of the New Energy Sources - SunE Employers' Association.'It is of great interest to focus on biomass whether it is the use of waste, or by extracting bio-gas from the waste, or from the agricultural waste, ...
Hidroelectrica sells energy of 20 mln euros on relevant market
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Hidroelectrica signed contracts worth 20 million euros, on the Centralized Market of Bilateral Contract, managed by OPCOM, within the bidding held on Wednesday, informs a company's press release .There were as many as 11 energy sale offers, totaling a quantity of 470,520 MWh, for the average price of 174.56 lei/MWh.Hidroelectrica's Directorate and the Supervisory Board voted for the constant participation of the company, with sale ...
Cogeneration electricity price to go down by almost 20 pct next year
Thursday, November 7, 2013
The price of electricity produced by high-efficiency cogeneration plants receiving support bonuses will decrease by 19.57% next year, according to an order of the president of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) published in the Official Journal of Romania.Thus, the reference price for the energy produced by high-efficiency cogeneration plants receiving support bonuses will be of about 34.31 euros (152.01 lei) per MWh in ...
Oltenia Energy Complex exporting 300 MW worth of electricity to Romania's neighbours
Thursday, November 7, 2013
The southern Oltenia Complex is currently exporting 300 MW worth of electricity to Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, Hungary and Serbia, State Secretary with Romania's Department of Energy Maricel Popa said Thursday at a conference on mining.'The Oltenia Energy Complex is operating on a free market. Currently, it is exporting 300 MW to Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine and Moldova. These are not long-term contracts, but monthly ones,' said ...
Investments of over 4.4 bn euros, drawn in renewable energy sector
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Romania has drawn so far investments of over 4.4 billion euros in the renewable energy sector, said on Thursday Vice President of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), Emil Calota.'It is common knowledge that, up to now, we have more than 4.4 billion euros worth of investment in this field,' he told a relevant debate organized by Romania's Chamber of Commerce and Industry.According to him, the commitments assumed ...
Romania will have an installed wind power capacity of 2,400 MW in end-2013
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Romania will have an installed wind power capacity of around 2,400 MW in end-2013, below the initial estimates of 3,000 MW, the President of the Romanian Wind Energy Association (AREE), Ionel David, told a specialized debate. 'In no more than three years, from 2009, when we had only 14 MW of installed wind power capacity, Romania managed to reach up to 1,905 MW in 2012. We had almost ...
Gross consumption of electric power is estimated to go down by 7 percent by yearend
Thursday, October 31, 2013
The gross consumption of electric power in 2013 is estimated to go down by 7 percent, by extrapolation, by the yearend, from 2012, said vice-president of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) Emil Calota on Thursday.According to him, the gross consumption of electric power and the energy consumption as a whole dropped, on the one hand, against the background of the general recession and, on the other hand, because of the ...
Transelectrica: Installed capacity of renewable resources up ten times in two years, over 2010-2012
Thursday, October 31, 2013
The installed capacity of renewable resources increased ten time in two years, over 2010-2012, with connection contracts existing for another 17,000 MW and technical connection approvals (ATRs) for another 6,200 MW, Carmen Neagu, a member in the Translectrica Supervisory Board stated on Thursday, during a debate organised by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.'We saw an extraordinary boom over 2010-2012 - a ten times increase in the ...
Capacity of renewable energy plants awarded green certificates this year capped at 3,315 MW
Thursday, October 31, 2013
The Romanian Department for Energy plans to cap the capacity of renewable energy producers that are awarded green certificates this year at 3,315 MW, shows a draft Government Resolution.'As of the date of the resolution's coming in force, the accreditation by the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) of power groups / plants subject to the green certificate incentive system continues until the 3,315 MW limit is attained for the ...
PM Ponta interested in US shale gas environmental impact and protection studies
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Premier Victor Ponta discussed with U.S. officials the appropriateness of shale gas exploitation, mentioning that he asked the U.S. Department of Energy to provide the Romanian side with their environmental protection studies.'Vice President Biden expressed a view I perfectly agree with and which I think, me and everybody else in charge, need to get better explained at home. He told me this: we in America did very well to go for shale ...
Greens outraged over Polish 'clean coal' push at UN climate summit
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Poland has been starkly criticised for organising an ‘International Coal and Climate Summit’ to run parallel with the COP19 UN climate change conference it is hosting in Warsaw this November. A ...