Romania
Romania to launch EUR 115 million subsidy program for solar prosumers
21 February 2019 - Romania’s Environmental Funds Administration plans to run a program in March-April to offer up to...
Electrica appoints Georgeta Corina Popescu as new CEO
31 January 2019 - The Board of Directors of Romanian power distribution and supply company Electrica has decided to...
Hidroelectrica, Nuclearelectrica to be forced to sell more electricity on regulated market
24 January 2019 - Public power utilities Hidroelectrica and Nuclearelectrica will have the obligation to deliver up to 65%...
EFET urges Romania to scrap tax hike for electricity sector
14 January 2019 - The European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET) has called on the Romanian government to urgently...
Romanian regulator permits excess electricity sale by prosumers
09 January 2019 - As of January 1, households with installed production from renewable energy sources are able to...
Romania’s draft plan envisages 27.9% target for renewables share in energy consumption in 2030
05 December 2018 - Romania’s draft National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP), to be sent to the European Commission,...
Enel X Romania to install 2,500 charging stations for EVs over four years
14 November 2018 - Between 2019 and 2023, Enel X Romania will invest EUR 15-20 million in the installation...
Hidroelectrica to invest EUR 1.19 billion over the next five years, to add 200 MW in renewables capacities
07 November 2018 - State-owned power utility Hidroelectrica plans to invest RON 5.56 billion (EUR 1.19 billion) over the...
Romania’s Bacau to modernize street lighting with EUR 11 million loan
06 November 2018 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Green Energy Special Fund (GESF)...
Association urges Romania to tap into onshore wind rather than invest in conventional power
30 October 2018 - Romania should harness onshore wind to meet growing demand for electricity instead of investing in...
Italy’s PLC to acquire 51% of Romania’s Monsson Operation
29 October 2018 - Italian clean energy group PLC and Romanian renewable energy company Monsson Operation have entered into...
Hidroelectrica, Verbund sign memorandum of cooperation
25 October 2018 - The largest electricity producers in Romania and Austria, Hidroelectrica and Verbund, have signed a memorandum...
EU funds minister inks EUR 593.2 million financing contract for regional water, wastewater project
03 October 2018 - Romania’s Minister of European Funds Rovana Plumb has recently signed a financing contract worth around...
EDP Renewables opens energy storage for Cobadin wind farm
01 October 2018 - Renewable energy company EDP Renewables (EDPR) has opened a pioneering facility for the battery-based storage...
Hidroelectrica to have EUR 800 million budget for HPP upgrades by 2020
28 September 2018 - State-owned power utility Hidroelectrica will have EUR 800 million at its disposal by 2020 to...
Hidroelectrica to forge cooperation with Verbund
19 September 2018 - State-owned Hidroelectrica plans to sign a cooperation agreement with Austria’s electricity producer Verbund, Romanian media...