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EU official: shale gas el dorado out of Europe's reach
Thursday, June 13, 2013
A senior European Commission official has poured cold water on claims that a shale gas boom in Europe would result in de-facto low gas prices. Speaking the day before the European Commission unveiled the preliminary results of a public consultation on the issue, Robin Miege, director of strategy at the European ...
Romania to cut green certificates
Thursday, June 13, 2013
The Romanian government has approved legislation that will severely cut PV incentives for investors. Critics say the move could lead to a halt in foreign investment for the country's solar market. The Romanian government announced a new emergency government ordinance on June 7 that will lead to the unexpected suspension of two out of six green certificates awarded to photovoltaic energy generators and which industry officials ...
Reuters: Romania's Hidroelectrica aims to exit insolvency on June 26
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Romania's biggest power producer, state-owned Hidroelectrica, is likely to exit insolvency on June 26, a year after it was hit by a drought and a string of loss-making contracts, its manager was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Hidroelectrica was declared insolvent and underwent restructuring largely because of deals under which it ...
Solar power station project in southern Romania opens for tendering
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Company Solar Power Energy Ro plans to build and install solar panels in the Nenciulesti commune, Teleorman County (southern Romania), in an investment of about 15 million euros (67.862 million lei) VAT excluded, informs the e-licitatie. ro website.'The scope of the contract is the ‘turnkey' construction of a solar park with an installed capacity of 4.43 MW, specifically: construction, delivery, installation and commissioning. Miscellanea and ...
PM wants mining law currently ‘being moved from one ministry to another' to reach Gov't sitting
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Wednesday told Economy Minister Varujan Vosganian to show the final form of the draft mining law at the Government's sitting next week, as he said the draft act 'is being moved from one ministry to another' without having obtained all the required approvals.'There are two important issues - (the first one is) the draft mining law initiated by Minister Vosganian. I think there has ...
Construction of Iasi-Ungheni gas pipeline to begin in next 100 days (Moldovan Premier)
Thursday, June 13, 2013
The construction of Iasi-Ungheni gas pipeline will begin in the next 100 days, announced on Wednesday the Premier of the Republic of Moldova, Iurie Leanca, pointing out that this pipeline will provide the Republic of Moldova an alternative source of gas, at a more competitive price and will ensure the energy security of the country.Iurie Leanca made these statements in a press conference, in which he outlined his government's priorities for the first ...
Verbund investment of 380 mln euros in Casimcea wind farm
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Austrian company Verbund has invested 380 million euros in the wind farm near Casimcea (in the eastern county of Tulcea), the company's CEO Wolfgang Anzengruber has announced.After a development phase of over 4 years and a construction period of roughly one year, the leader of the Austrian electricity market, Verbund, has commissioned one of the largest onshore wind farms in Europe, near the Black Sea coast.The construction works on the ...
MEP calls for parliamentary risk panel to tame green ‘scaremongering’
Thursday, June 13, 2013
The European Parliament needs more science and less emotion in making decisions on chemicals, pesticides and other contentious legislation, an MEP said on Tuesday (11 June), arguing that lawmakers were influenced by "scaremongering" and environmental lobbying in recent votes.British MEP Julie Girling, who heads an informal risk group in the assembly, said votes in favour of tighter rules on endocrine disrupters and a ...
Romania Mining Report 2013
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Published by Business Monitor International We expect Romania's mining sector to see only modest growth over the coming years as coal output, which accounts for the majority of the mining sector's ...
Victor Ponta: New energy sources for Poland and Romania, strategic aim
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Romanian Premier Victor Ponta said in Warsaw, on Wednesday, that identifying new energy sources was a strategic aim for Poland and Romania, an aim that would bring energy independence and security to the two countries. 'For Romania as well as for Poland, our coordination in European policies is quite essential. We have done this normal thing, in the very European Council of May 22 in Brussels. New energy sources for Poland, for Romania, ...
Nabucco Project Development in Romania Moving Ahead at Rapid Pace
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Romania Adopts Law Declaring Nabucco a ‘Project of National Interest and Public Utility’ The law concerning measures necessary to develop the Nabucco Natural Gas Pipeline has been promulgated by the President of Romania, Traian Basescu, qualifying the ...
EU-China solar trade spat escalates as Beijing hits back with wine probe
Thursday, June 6, 2013
The European Commission has confirmed its intention to impose duties on imports of Chinese solar panels from Thursday (6 June), triggering an immediate response from China, which announced the launch of an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probe into European wine. Under pressure from Germany, which fears retaliation from China could hit its export-dependent economy, the European Commission had attempted to tone down the dispute by announcing an initial ...
Gov't settles legal regime for Nuclearelectrica-procured heavy water
Thursday, June 6, 2013
The Romanian Government at its meeting on Tuesday adopted an urgent ordinance settling the legal regime of the heavy water procured by National Company Nuclearelectrica SA by state budget allotments over 2006-2011, the ...
Gov't issues GEO on payments schedule for green energy
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Romanian Government on Tuesday adopted the Emergency Ordinance on scheme to promote production of green energy from renewable sources, in which it stipulates that the recovery of green certificate will be postponed until March 31, 2017, in the case of hydro power plants and solar power plants, and until January 1, 2018 respectively, in the case of the wind power plants.Moreover, there were maintained the provisions referring to the ...
Ponta: We want to build pipeline to Republic of Moldova, but do not manage to expropriate 40 people
Thursday, June 6, 2013
About 40 people do not accept to be expropriated and thus make possible the building of the Iasi-Ungheni gas pipeline and the Government in Tuesday's meeting is to debate a draft law that will make this process easier.'We have the draft law on expropriations for energy work as, quite normally, we want to get connected to the Republic of Moldova, but there are still 40 people of the 450 that were expropriated, whom we did not manage to ...
Minister Constantin Nita: SOP contracts in value of 1.4 billion lei signed for green energy
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Minister delegate for Energy Constantin Nita announced in Slatina (179 km west of Bucharest), where he signed with the Municipality Mayor Minel Prina a financing contract for a photovoltaic plant, that so far, via the Sectoral Operational Programme, a number of 37 financing contracts were signed nationwide for the development of some renewable energy systems, in total value of 1.4 billion lei.The value of investment in Slatina is about ...
Energy minister: Industrial parks should be used for re-industrialization means
Thursday, June 6, 2013
The industrial parks should provide a means for Romania's re-industrialization, Minister-delegate for Energy Constantin Nita said, also voicing opinion that such parks should be built both on vacant land and on the premises of the former, now-closed factories.'The industrial parks should provide a means for Romania's re-industrialization /.../ We should use the former factories no longer functioning at present, which can be turned into ...
KDF Energy is listed on Carbon Trade Exchange
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Romanian KDF Energy supplier became top energy provider in Eastern Europe and entered the Carbon Trade Exchange (CTX), the world's first web based electronic platform for Voluntary Carbon, informs Company's release sent on Monday. 'Thus, KDF Energy joins the CTX member companies from 28 countries that annually buy and sell carbon credits totalling round two billion USD. Our goal is that of being the leader in trading services for ...
First solar cells of 3rd generation based on carbon nanotubes, made by Romanian researchers
Thursday, June 6, 2013
A team of Romanian researchers from the Center for Surface Science and Nanotechnology of Bucharest Polytechnics University, headed by Prof. Doctor Marius Enachescu, have made, as a first in Romania, solar cells of third generation based on carbon nanotubes in own laboratory and with own equipment.According to a press release from the Bucharest Polytechnics University remitted to AGERPRES on Thursday, under the project financed with ...
MOL Romania inaugurates a new fuel terminal in Giurgiu
Thursday, June 6, 2013
MOL continues to optimize its logistics supply chain in Romania, completing the first construction phase of a new fuel terminal in Giurgiu. The project includes the construction of a 7,000 cm greenfield storage facility, following a total investment of approximately 10 million euros. “Romania is included in the long-term growth ...