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Rovana Plumb: Information EC requested on Rosia Montana project is being prepared
Thursday, October 3, 2013
The Romanian authorities will send through ‘EU Pilot' system all information the European Commission (EC) requested one week and a half ago on the mining exploitation at Rosia Montana, Environment and Climate Changes Minister Rovana Plumb said in Brussels, pointing out that she would discuss the matter on Thursday with European Commissioner for Environment Janez Potocnik.'According to the European procedure, we shall send through ‘EU Pilot' all ...
Nita: We shall demand Brussels a two-year deferment for environment investments of thermal power plants
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Romania will demand the two-year deferral of the time limits by which the thermal power plants have to meet the environment requirements imposed by the European Commission (EC), Minister Delegate for Energy Constantin Nita told a specialist conference on Tuesday.'We must focus on modernising the thermal power plants, where we have problems with the carbon issues. We shall demand the European Commission the two-year deferment of the ...
ICPE-CA tests new extraction technology without cyanide
Thursday, October 3, 2013
The specialists of the National Institute for Research and Development in Electrical Engineering ICPE-CA has been studying and testing for some time already a relatively new extraction technology for minerals without the use of cyanide', the representatives of the Institute made an announcement on Tuesday, in a release.'This alternative technology, that presents new elements developed by Romanian researchers, can be successfully applied ...
Nita: There are important gas discoveries in the Black Sea in other perimeters, too
Thursday, October 3, 2013
The Department for Energy will focus on exploiting the resources in the Black Sea, where important gas reserves have been discovered, Minister Delegate for Energy Constantin Nita told a specialist press conference on Tuesday.'From a strategic point of view, the Department for Energy will focus on the Black Sea. Important natural gas reserves have been discovered there and we have the duty to seriously work on this. We have data that ...
Natural gas prices to go up by 1pct at most for individual and by 2pct for industrial consumers
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Natural gas prices will go up today by 1 per cent at the most for household consumers and by 2 per cent for industrial consumers, as part of a new stage in the calendar of market liberalisation.'October 1 is the next highlight in the calendar for the liberalisation of the gas market. As far as the final prices for household consumers is concerned, we are expecting a rise by 1 per cent, at most, given the influence on the price structure ...
Romania plans to get as many European funds as possible for projects in Danube Delta
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Premier Victor Ponta on Monday, during a meeting with European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Maria Damanaki, agreed on the road to take for spending by the end of the year the sum of 40 million euros allocated to Romania, for projects in the Danube Delta included. 'I had a meeting with Commissioner Damanaki, who also gave us good news of unblocking the fisheries operational programme and the money that has already come ...
Romania wants Black Sea region to have a clear strategy for sustainable development
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Romania needs a strategy for sustainable development for the Black Sea region and, to this end, we seek the European Commission's support, said on Monday, in a press conference, Minister of Environment and Change Climate Rovana Plumb.'We also want to have the European Commission back up for the Danube Delta, which is a protected natural area, unique in Europe, in order to have the best sustainable development strategy (...), we will ...
Minister Constantin Nita: Draft law on electricity stipulates creation of gas exchange
Thursday, October 3, 2013
The draft amendment to the law on electricity will be sent to Parliament in October containing proposal to create a gas exchange, Minister Delegate for Energy Constantin Nita told the Bucharest Forum 2013 hosted by the Parliament on Thursday.This will change the approach regarding the sale of natural gas on the Romanian market, which market has two main players - Petrom and Romgaz, and it will also offer the possibility to other ...
Ponta: Gov't understands battle for energy independence is top-essential
Thursday, October 3, 2013
The Government understands that the battle for energy independence and energy infrastructure is top essential in the coming years, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Thursday.'Europe and the Black Sea regions must adjust and change at the same time, realizing that the battle for energy security, for sustainable energy (...) is indeed an essential battle. Romania is determined, and we and the Government I am heading will be among the ...
Government approves Resolution on issuing environment agreement for Cernavoda Units 3 and 4
Thursday, September 26, 2013
The Government in the weekly meeting on Wednesday approved a Resolution on issuing the environment agreement for the project 'The continuation of the construction and completion works on Units 3 and 4 of C.N.E. Cernavoda.''The Resolution adopted by the Government specifies the main elements of the environment aspects in relation with the necessary measures and conditions for the accomplishment of the project and later, during the ...
Romanian Gov't passes ordinance ratifying memorandum on Iasi-Ungheni gas pipeline
Thursday, September 26, 2013
At a meeting on Wednesday, the Romanian Government approved an emergency ordinance ratifying a memorandum concerning a pipeline for the interconnection of Romania's National Natural Gas Transmission Grid and Moldova's National Natural Gas Transmission Grid, from Iasi, Romania, to Ungheni, Moldova.The ordinance entrusts additional powers to Romania's National Mineral Resources Agency (ANRM) related to the conduct of the public ...
Remus Borza advises energy producers to focus on reengineering existing capacities, drop new investments
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Romania-based energy producers should drop the idea of new investments and should instead make an investment priority out of reengineering the existing capacities, chairman of the Hidroelectrica Supervisory Board Remus Borza told a conference dedicated to the liberalisation of the energy market on Tuesday.Borza said that nationwide there is a significant surplus of electricity output of 12 - 15 TWh, and that although this amount cannot ...
OTC electricity trading platform to become operational on Feb. 1, 2014
Thursday, September 26, 2013
An over-the-counter (OTC) platform for electricity trading in Romania will become operational on February 1, 2014, Director General of Romania's OPCOM gas and electricity market operator Victor Ionescu told a conference on Tuesday on the liberalisation of the power market.'The project for the OTC trading was approved this summer by the Financial Oversight Authority (ASF) and will be carried through in five months' time. On February 1, ...
37 million Swiss francs are destined to management of sustainable energy in towns and cities
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration Liviu Dragnea said on Tuesday that in theme area 4 of the programme titled 'Environment and Infrastructure' there was a sum of 37 million Swiss francs destined to the management of sustainable energy through the improvement of town and city infrastructure.Dragnea also said that four cities had already been selected for them to submit projects as part of this programme and made ...
Final mining product of exploitations at Rosia Montana - 17 pct gold and 83 pct silver
Thursday, September 26, 2013
The final mining product to result after the exploitation of the gold-silver deposits from Rosia Montana (western Romania) will contain 17 percent gold and 83 percent silver, according to the legislation and the agreement made with the investor, Gheorghe Dutu, the head of the National Agency for Mineral Resources (ANRM) told the special committee on the Rosia Montana on Tuesday.'The risks to the environment are presented in the ...
EFT wants to invest at least EUR 50 million in Romania
Thursday, September 26, 2013
The Energy Financing Team (EFT) plans to invest at least EUR 50 million in Romania, in a hydro or a thermal power station on coal, after setting up a special fund for energy, Milos Hamovic, vice president and shareholder of the group, announced in a press conference.'We want to invest at least EUR 50 million in a hydro power station or in a thermal power station on coal. However, we think that we would rather invest in a thermal power ...
ANRE: Electricity, natural gas wholesale transactions to be recorded in a European registry
Thursday, September 26, 2013
The players on the wholesale electricity and natural gas markets will have to be registered with a national and a European registry that comprises information about all their transactions in line with the latest relevant European regulations, reads a poster on the website of Romania's National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE).The registry will issue single identification numbers to each market player that comprise enough information ...
Oettinger hails 'wide agreement' on 2030 energy targets, but doubts persis
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Europe is in “wide agreement” on the need for a CO2 emissions target for 2030, divided on including renewable energy, and averting its eyes from an energy savings goal, the EU’s energy commissioner, Günther Oettinger, said after an informal energy council in Vilnius on 20 September. But a Commission unofficial ...
Havrilet: BRM and OPCOM will be able to trade gas at September-end, at the latest
Thursday, September 26, 2013
The National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) granted licences to the Romanian Commodity Exchange (BRM) and OPCOM - the electricity centralised market operator - for conducting the first trades with natural gas, starting with the end of September, ANRE President Niculae Havrilet told a specialised conference.'In the case of natural gas there is a more complicated situation, because we aim to even the domestic production gas price with ...
Regulatory authority: Gas prices up 2 pct for industrial, 1 pct for home consumers starting Oct. 1
Thursday, September 26, 2013
The natural gas prices will be raised from Oct. 1 by no more than 2 percent for the industrial consumers, while the home consumers will have the tariffs increased by 1 percent at the utmost, the National Energy Regulatory Authority chairman Niculae Havrilet told a specialized conference on Thursday.'The domestic natural gas production currently in the storage facilities is of 95 percent as compared to other years, when it was only 25 ...