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Minister Burduja, Mandate Report: ME managed EU funds related to investments worth 13 bln. euro in 15 months
Thursday, September 26, 2024
The Ministry of Energy has launched and managed non-reimbursable funds for investments of over 13 billion euros, in the last 15 months, and projects of almost 10 billion euros are already signed and in implementation, the relevant minister, Sebastian Burduja, claims in a Report of the first 15 months of the mandate. “15 months and over 13 billion euros for every corner of Romania and for every segment of activity in Romania’s energy. I ...
Ministry of Energy: Romania supports carbon neutrality by 2050
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Romania is fully committed to and supports carbon neutrality by 2050, as mentioned in Romania's long-term energy strategy, the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Energy, Dan-Dragos Dragan, told the specialised conference "Developing infrastructure for the production, storage and supply of energy from renewable sources", organised by the Romanian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK Romania) on Tuesday.He mentioned that the Ministry of Energy has published an ...
Simtel, PRIME Batteries Launch Energy Storage Prodromu Skete At Mount Athos
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Simtel, an engineering and technology group and a national leader in renewable energy, together with PRIME Batteries Technology, one of the leading energy storage solutions manufacturers in the European Union and the only battery producer in Romania, announce the signing of a partnership for the development of advanced renewable energy technologies. The partnership aims to increase energy efficiency, reduce costs, and accelerate the implementation of ...
CIS Group Builds A 23 MW Photovoltaic Park In Copsa Mica
Thursday, September 19, 2024
CIS Group announces the signing of a contract for the construction of a photovoltaic park in Copsa Mica. The total investment for this project amounts to nearly 100 million lei and the park is expected to become operational at the beginning of next year. The project is financed through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Component C6 – Energy, which aims to support investments in new capacities for producing electricity from renewable wind and solar energy ...
Gas imports up 5.9pct seven months into 2024, production up 1.3pct
Thursday, September 19, 2024
In the first seven months of 2024, Romania imported 1.013 million tonnes of oil equivalent (toe) of usable natural gas, 5.9% more (+56,700 toe) than in the same period last year, according to data centralised by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).The domestic production of natural gas totaled, in the mentioned period, almost 4.426 million toe, being 1.3% higher than in January-July 2023 (+58,400 toe).According to the estimates of the National ...
Electrica acquires 77.5-MW solar project in Romania
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Romanian utility Societatea Energetica Electrica SA, or Electrica, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of a ready-to-build solar project in Romania with an authorised installed capacity of 77.525 MW, https://renewablesnow.com/ informs. The asset joins ...
Primary energy, electricity resources down January through July, electricity consumption down 1.6pct
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Romania's primary energy and electricity resources decreased by 1% each, in the first seven months of the current year, compared to the same period in 2023, according to data published on Friday by the Institute National Statistics (INS).In the said interval, the main primary energy resources totaled 18.586 million tonnes of oil equivalent (toe), decreasing by 187,200 toe.Also, domestic production amounted to 9.947 million toe, down by 574,300 toe (-5.5%) ...
Romania to ask EU for compensation for significant energy price differences
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Romania will request compensation from the EU council of ministers, given that energy prices in Eastern Europe are significantly higher than in Western Europe, Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja told a specialist event on Thursday."We are very concerned about what is happening on the energy market. There are several months in which, unfortunately, prices in our region are significantly higher than in Western Europe. This is due to several factors. Of course, we are talking ...
Retele Electrice companies are launching a major tender for the design and execution of maintenance and modernization works in the Banat region
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Retele Electrice Muntenia is launching a public tender through the SEAP platform, worth 160 million lei , for the design and execution of maintenance and modernization works for the medium and low voltage (MV-LV) electricity networks in Arad, Caras Severin, Timis and Hunedoara counties. This initiative is part of a broad project to optimize the energy infrastructure, with the main aim of improving the safety, reliability and efficiency of ...
ANRE: Romania is at the bottom of the European ranking on storage
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Romania is still behind the European Union member states on storage, and the implementation of some projects can solve many problems, including in the area ofprosumers, said Valeriu Steriu, member of the regulatory committee of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE). “We are still in the tail of the European Union member states on storage and the implementation of projects can solve many problems, including in the area of prosumers, ...
RWEA : Wind industry and renewables, main cause of imbalance
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The wind industry and renewables in general have been singled out as the main causes of imbalances in the system, but they are also the ones that are currently suffering terribly from this aspect of the grid, which is becoming almost unbearable, said Liviu Gavrila, vice-president of the Romanian Wind Energy Association (RWEA), at a specialist conference on last Thursday."Recent history shows us that there is this lever of assuming certain things. Meanwhile, there have been ...
E.ON impact in 2023: Contributions of almost 1.9 bln. lei to the budget, investments up 31%
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The E.ON Group is an important partner for around 941 suppliers of products, services and works, of which over 95% are Romanian companies, according to the Sustainability Report for the year 2023. On the entire supply chain, E.ON remains a partner important to approximately 2,300 direct and indirect suppliers. The value of the purchases of the companies in the group exceeded 1.22 billion lei (about 254 million euros), an increase of about 4% compared ...
Competition analyzes PPC’s takeover of the Fantanele-Cogealac wind farm and other CEZ projects
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The Competition Council is analyzing the transaction by which Public Power Corporation SA intends to take over the companies that own and operate the first large-scale wind farm built by CEZ (now Evryo) in Romania, from Fantanele-Cogealac, of around 600 MW, as well as other projects in progress. The park is owned and operated by Tomis Team and Ovidiu Development. PPC acquires projects totaling 629 MW, owned by Felix Renewable Holdings SRL, Tomis Team ...
FPPG: Geothermal energy is one of the most feasible resources in green transition
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Geothermal energy represents one of the most feasible resources in green transition, while CLGS are a solution for the use of this type of energy, according to the Oil and Gas Employers’ Federation (FPPG). They explained, at a meeting with the press, that CLGS already used in Canada, Germany and USA, presents significant key advantages to conventional ...
GE Vernova Expands European Onshore Wind Presence with Romania Deal
Thursday, September 12, 2024
GE Vernova announced what it called a milestone agreement for onshore wind in Europe, announcing a deal with Public Power Corporation Renewables (PPC R) to supply, install, and commission 23 of GE Vernova’s 6.1-MW 158-meter turbines for a wind farm in Vaslui County, Romania, ...
Greece, Romania and Bulgaria unite to tackle energy prices
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Greece, Romania and Bulgaria are working together to develop a regional mechanism to mitigate electricity price fluctuations, believing that the EU's single market is ill-suited to South-East Europe, https://energynews.pro/ ...
Engie Romania completes one of country’s first hybrid power plants
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Engie Romania added a hybrid power plant to the transmission grid. The 56.8 MW facility consists of wind turbines and a solar power unit, https://balkangreenenergynews.com/ ...
National project to promote energy efficiency in building launched
Thursday, September 12, 2024
The Association for the Promotion of Energy Efficiency in Buildings (ROENEF) announces the launch of the ROENEF Caravan, a project aimed at promoting energy efficiency in buildings and increasing the level of information, at the population level, regarding the benefits that energy efficiency brings in homes, both from an economic point of view, as well as from an environmental and healthcare ...
NGOs: Romania's energy strategy sets low renewable energy target by 2030
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Romania continues to base its energy transition plans on a massive increase in fossil fuel consumption, through new thermal power plant projects, fossil gas distribution networks, and also new facilities, which will lead to an increase in carbon emissions, as well as dependence on fossil gas, environmental organisations have warned in a letter to the Ministry of Energy.According to the document, signed by the 2Celsius Association and the ...
Greenpeace Romania asks Bucharest Court to "immediately" suspend environmental agreement for Neptun Deep
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Greenpeace Romania activists request the Bucharest Court to "immediately suspend" the environmental agreement for the Neptun Deep project and claim that the Constanta Environmental Protection Agency issued the environmental agreement in serious violation of the legal provisions and associated procedures."While OMV Petrom and Romgaz claim that the carbon footprint of the Neptun Deep project is zero, that these emissions do not exist, we will ...