Romania
Romania grants EUR 418 million for power distribution grid upgrades
19 February 2024 - Romania signed deals with the country's regional power distribution system operators for EUR 418.2 million in grants
BayWa r.e. to take over 44.5 MW solar project Poarta Albă in Romania
16 February 2024 - Romanian company HVAC Systems will continue to develop the Poarta Albă project from the takeover until commissioning
Romania invites fresh bids to support batteries for renewables integration
09 February 2024 - Romania has also earmarked EUR 199 million to support new capacities for the production and recycling of batteries and solar cells and panels
Rezolv signs grid connection agreement for 600 MW wind project in Romania
25 January 2024 - Rezolv Energy has signed a joint grid connection agreement for its Dunarea East and West wind power projects in Constanța county
DTEK puts wind farm, solar park into operation in Romania
24 January 2024 - Wind power plant Ruginoasa and photovoltaic park Glodeni have started delivering electricity to the transmission grid in Romania, DTEK said
Enery signs two virtual PPAs with Orange Romania Group
24 January 2024 - Austria-based Enery signed two VPPAs with three companies from Orange Romania Group. Both parties arranged similar deals before in Romania.
Romania’s Ministry of Energy is putting EUR 17.6 billion of EU funds to work
22 January 2024 - Romanian firms can apply renewable electricity projects of 2 GW in total for EUR 815 million in grants from the EU's Modernisation Fund
Greece, Bulgaria, Romania join forces in offshore wind, green hydrogen
19 January 2024 - Greece, Bulgaria and Romania signed a declaration of intent to develop offshore wind energy projects
Romania, Serbia to advance cooperation in gas, hydropower sectors
18 January 2024 - Minister of Mining and Energy of Serbia Dubravka Đedović Handanović spoke with her Romanian counterpart Sebastian Burduja
NextE signs largest onsite corporate solar PPA in Romania
17 January 2024 - Renewables developer nextE signed a long-term corporate PPA for an 51.5 MW onsite project with an unidentified consumer
Global players bid to replace coal with 455 MW of solar power in Romania
15 January 2024 - Tenders for 455 MW of PV capacity replacing CE Oltenia's coal plants drew investors from China, Turkey, the US, Germany and Ukraine
Rezolv Energy advances projects for biggest solar power plants in Bulgaria, Romania
11 January 2024 - Rezolv received a green light in Bulgaria for a 229 MW solar park. In neighboring Romania it is building a 1.06 GW PV system.
OMV Petrom buys 400 EV chargers, half of 1 GW renewables project portfolio
09 January 2024 - OMV Petrom plans to invest approximately EUR 1.3 billion in renewables in Romania with Renovatio through a newly formed partnership by 2027
Subsidies in Romania should last until solar panels are installed on last roof
08 January 2024 - Minister of Environment Mircea Fechet says subsidy schemes in Romania should last until there are solar panels on every roof
Nofar Energy orders solar panels for EUR 76.6 million for Romania
03 January 2024 - Nofar Energy will equip its photovoltaic projects in Romania with LONGi Solar's panels with a total capacity of 576 MW
Prosumers in Romania have installed capacity larger than Cernavodă nuclear power plant
02 January 2024 - The number of prosumers in Romania hit 100,000 in November while total installed capacity at the end of December is estimated at 1,400 MW