Romania
Romania to earmark EUR 2 billion in subsidies for prosumers
10 March 2023 - Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă said subsidies for households to install solar power panels and become prosumers would be doubled
E.ON to invest EUR 2.2 billion in electricity, gas grids in Romania
09 March 2023 - The investment is aimed at modernizing, expanding, automating and digitalizing the electricity and natural gas networks
PPC buys Enel Group’s operations in Romania
09 March 2023 - Enel signed an agreement to sell its entire business in Romania to Public Power Corp. for EUR 1.26 billion.
Iraqi firm to switch defunct coal plant in Romania to gas, hydrogen
07 March 2023 - Mass Group Holding told Romania's PM Nicolae Ciucă it would invest more than EUR 1 billion in transforming the Mintia coal plant
AE Solar plans solar panel factory in Romania
06 March 2023 - Plans for investment were revealed at the meeting of Prime Minister Nicolae-Ionel Ciucă with the company's representatives
Romania on track to become first country with SMR nuclear power plant
25 February 2023 - Prime Minister Ciucă said the small modular reactor project with Fluor and NuScale would enable Romania to supply electricity to the region
Romanian grid ready for 3 GW in wind power connections by 2026
24 February 2023 - Romania's TSO Transelectrica has connection contracts signed for wind projects with a combined capacity of 3 GW, according to RWEA
Solar park of over 1 GW in Romania to include 500 MW in batteries
23 February 2023 - The construction of a EUR 1 billion solar power plant with storage is due to begin in the summer in Romania's Arad province
Romania expects number of prosumers to reach 100,000 by year-end
21 February 2023 - The number of prosumers in Romania – households, firms and institutions, has tripled in 2022 to more than 40,000.
Romania’s Hidroelectrica to get concession for Europe’s biggest solar power project – report
10 February 2023 - government-controlled Hidroelectrica is the most likely candidate for a solar power project of up to 1.5 GW on Romanian state land
Romania to subsidize households with up to EUR 610 million for photovoltaics
01 February 2023 - Romania will subsidize as many as 150,000 households this year for the installation of solar panels on roofs and their private land
Romania is exploring geothermal waters at 24 locations
27 January 2023 - Romania is third or fourth in Europe in geothermal energy potential. Exploration is currently being conducted at 24 sites.
Romania and Bulgaria agree to build two hydropower plants on Danube
23 January 2023 - Romania and Bulgaria have agreed to build two hydropower plants on the Danube, which should be operational within the next five to six years.
Artificial energy island would help Romania, Bulgaria tap offshore wind in Black Sea
20 January 2023 - Bucharest-based think tank Energy Policy Group has presented a report titled Offshore wind – the enabler of Romania’s decarbonisation
Nofar Energy plans 1.5 GW renewables portfolio in Romania for 2023
19 January 2023 - The company intends to put online 600 MWp in 2024-2025, and is close to starting production at the 155 MW Rătești solar park
Romania plans to expand coal mine over 100 hectares of forests
16 January 2023 - More than 100 hectares of forests in Romania's Gorj region could be cut down to expand a lignite mine.