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E-DISTRIBUTIE DOBROGEA INVESTS 1 MILLION LEI IN THE EXTENSION OF THE ELECTRICITY GRID IN NAVODARI
Thursday, July 29, 2021
The residents of the Midia Sat neighborhood in Navodari will benefit from over 4.4 new kilometers of electricity grid, the medium and low voltage lines being placed exclusively underground. This year, ...
Romania's crude oil import goes up by 30.5% during first 5 months of 2021
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Romania has imported, during the first 5 months of 2021, a quantity of 3.383 million tons of crude oil, tons of oil equivalent (toe) by 791,400 tep (30.5%) larger than the amount imported during the similar period of 2020, according to the centralized data from the National Institute of Statistics (INS).Crude oil production has totalled 1.304 million toe, being 5.5% (76,600 toe) smaller than the previous year.According to the estimates of the ...
Salrom ponders mining for graphite
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Romanian state-controlled company Salrom, controlled by the Government through the Ministry of Economy, launches in the electronic public procurement system a tender for the purchase of a feasibility study for the exploitation of graphite resources, according to documents consulted ...
ENEL X AND HUBJECT SET UP PARTNERSHIP TO EXPAND THE CHARGING POINT NETWORK IN ROMANIA
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Over 160 Enel X Romania charging points will become part of Europe's largest eRoaming network intercharge, raising interoperability and accessibility for EV drivers in Central and Eastern Europe Enel X Romania, a subsidiary of Enel X, the Enel Group’s advanced energy services business line, has signed an agreement with Hubject to expand the charging infrastructure ...
Romania’s natural gas distribution network has increased 4 times in 30 years
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Romania’s natural gas distribution network has increased 4 times in the last three decades, from 10,772 kilometers in 1990 to 43,563 kilometers in 2020, according to data synthesized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). The average annual growth rate is 4.8%, with the highest advances over the previous year recorded in 1995 (11.58%) and 1994 (11.19%). The pace has slowed since 2005, with ...
E.ON has installed a photovoltaic power plant for Wetterbest
Thursday, July 29, 2021
E.ON Energie Romania and Wetterbest, one of the main manufacturers of roofing systems, have completed a project worth over 245,000 euro through which a photovoltaic power plant was built that provides green energy to the Prahova company. Completed in less than a month from the start of the works, the solar photovoltaic installation generates 269.78 MWh, ensuring a reduction of up to 33.09% of energy ...
Rompetrol may remain closed up to half a year after July 2 explosion
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Romania's biggest refinery Petromidia, controlled by the Kazakh state-owned group KMG (48.1%) but with the Romanian state owning a big share as well (44.7%), will remain closed for three to six months ...
PNE Group buys 220MW wind farm projects in Romania
Thursday, July 22, 2021
The German renewable energy projects developer PNE Group sold to an unnamed investor three wind farm projects in Romania, with a total installed capacity of up to 220 ...
Romania ranks 29th in 104-country ranking for fuel purchasing power
Thursday, July 22, 2021
With 669 litres of fuel (down from 673 last year) that a resident can buy from an average net wage, Romania ranks 29th among the 104 global countries ranked ...
Electrica delivers PV installation to industrial group Uztel
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Electrica Furnizare, the supply arm of electricity supply and distribution group Electrica, developed a photovoltaic power facility with a total installed capacity of 306.4 kWp for the industrial equipment manufacturer Uztel. "Electrica Furnizare announces the commissioning of a photovoltaic power plant, with a total installed capacity of 306.4 kWp, for Uztel, a ...
Gas imports up by 24.5 pct January through May, output down by 1.8 pct
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Romania imported, in the first five months of 2021, a quantity of usable natural gas of 1.8 million tons of oil equivalent (toe), by 24.5 pct (212,200 toe) higher than in the similar period of 2020, according to data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).The domestic natural gas production was, in the mentioned period, of 3.133 million toe, being by 1.8 pct (58,300 toe) below that of the period January-May ...
Serinus Energy finds gas in Sancrai - 1 well in Romania
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Oil and gas exploration company Serinus Energy said on Thursday that it discovered gas during the drilling of the Sancrai - 1 well in Satu Mare in Romania. The well was drilled five days ahead of schedule and approximately 19% below budget, Serinus said in a press release. The company will now proceed to perforate ...
Romania gets Russian gas at the lowest price in Europe in Q1
Thursday, July 22, 2021
The price paid by Romania for the Russian natural gas in the first quarter of the year (Q1) was the lowest in Europe, lower than the prices on the local markets and in Europe, only the Azeri gas delivered to Bulgaria was cheaper - according ...
EIB confirms EUR 120 million support for the distribution operator of Electrica Group to upgrade electricity distribution networks
Thursday, July 22, 2021
First 120 million long-term EIB loan from EUR 210 million facility signed during high-level visit New financing to connect more than 180,000 customers, increase network capacity and improve reliability and quality of electricity supply Investments to support ...
V. Popescu: The renewables target has already been increased to 34%
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Minister of Energy Virgil Popescu had meetings with members of the European Commission in which he detailed the projects from PNRR, announcing that the proposed target for renewables has already been increased to 34%, according to an interview offered to economedia.ro. “We had two very important meetings. ...
European Green Deal: Commission proposes transformation of EU economy and society to meet climate ambitions
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Today (Wednesday, July 14 -e.n.), the European Commission adopted a package of proposals to make the EU's climate, energy, land use, transport and taxation policies fit for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. Achieving these emission reductions ...
Nuclearelectica has a new strategic vision, nuclear will replace coal
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Nuclear power will provide about 35% of the country’s consumption needs by 2030, by operating four CANDU nuclear units, according to a statement from Nuclearelectrica (SNN) regarding the adoption of a new strategic and long-term sustainable vision. “We are currently at the stage where our history and role so far make us responsible for looking carefully to the future. SNN’s mission, vision and values ...
WEC's Iancu: Romgaz can support Black Sea offshore drilling investment, should be operator
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Romanian gas producer Romgaz has the capacity to support investment in the Neptun Deep deep-water offshore gas field development project in the Black Sea and should be the operator of this project, Chairman of the Romanian National Committee of the World Energy Council Iulian Iancu told a news briefing on Tuesday."I think so, I think it can support the investment [under the Neptun Deep deep-water offshore gas field development project] if it takes over Exxon's ...
Final electrical energy consumption up 6.3 pct in first five months
Thursday, July 15, 2021
The final electrical energy consumption in the first five months of 2021 was of 23.177 billion kWh, by 6.3 higher than in the corresponding period of 2020, according to data published on Tuesday by the National Institute for Statistics (INS).Public illumination recorded a drop by 4.7 pct, and the population's consumption grew by 8.8 pct.The main primary energy resources increased, in the January 1 - May 31, 2021 period, by 8.8 pct, and the electrical ...
Energy Minister: Romania will be able to receive gas from Azerbaijan in July 2022
Thursday, July 15, 2021
The Bulgaria-Greece gas interconnector will be finalized until July 2022, so that gas from Azerbaijan will reach Romania, wrote, on Facebook, Energy Minister Virgil Popescu."Today [Friday - e.n.] I had a working meeting with my counterpart from Bulgaria - Energy Minister Andrey Zhivkov, on the sidelines of the participation in the Three Seas Initiative Summit in Sofia. The discussion focused on future actions to strengthen bilateral relations between ...